Michael Dillon On Shanghai — China’s Most Dynamic City
The historian talks about Shanghai’s long history as a center of commerce and political turmoil, and its extraordinary modern development.
Lily Qi on Choosing to be an American
The Maryland state lawmaker talks about living through the Cultural Revolution, running for public office as a Chinese-American, and U.S. complacency.
Alex Wang on What China Gets Right — and Wrong — on the Environment
The academic talks about whether China’s experience shows there can be such a thing as ‘good environmental authoritarianism’, and what the U.S. could learn from...
Geremie Barmé on the ‘Other China’
The historian and sinologist talks about his life studying China and what he calls Xi Jinping’s ‘Empire of Tedium’.
Rongbin Han on the Internet Writers Making China Great Again
The scholar talks about the swathe of internet novels that feature Chinese time travelers aiming to correct the mistakes of the past.
Benn Steil on Why the Global Order is Falling Apart
The economist talks about how the U.S. and China are together reshaping world trade and why the ideas of a discredited German theorist from the...
Katrina Manson on How AI is Changing the Nature of War
The author and journalist talks about how the rise of China’s military has shaped the U.S. effort to put AI at the heart of its...
Alan Estevez on Why Export Controls Work
The former BIS chief argues that export controls preventing China from buying the best chips and chipmaking equipment are achieving their goals.
Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown on Fighting and Winning Trade Wars
The authors of a new book on trade conflicts talk about who is to blame for global tensions and whether the U.S. is going about...
Liz Cannon on How the U.S. Government Considers Chinese Tech
The former Commerce Department official explains why the U.S. government is concerned about Chinese cars and why she resigned earlier this year.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom on Tackling Misconceptions about China
The author and historian discusses the multitude of facets and the contrasts between Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping.
Joe Studwell on Getting Africa’s Economies to Work
The author and journalist discusses whether the ‘Asian tigers’ model is one African countries can emulate, and China’s influence over the region’s development.