Andrew S. Erickson on the ‘Decade of Greatest Danger’
The naval expert explains China’s ‘maritime gray zone operations,’ why the Biden administration needs to accept some friction, and when he thinks calmer seas will...
Fixing the U.S.-China Relationship
Recently, nearly 30 China experts got together to discuss how everything went so wrong and how it can be fixed.
The Daily Roundup
February 16th, 2024 | Welcome to The Wire’s daily news roundup. Each day, our staff gathers the top China business, finance, and economics headlines from...
All the President’s Generals
President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaigns have come full circle in the PLA. First he hunted his predecessors’ appointees. Now his own generals are falling.
America’s SOS
There is growing panic in Washington that the U.S. can no longer produce ships. China's shipbuilding capability, meanwhile, is exploding. Can an all-hands-on-deck strategy help...
Big Questions
Plus, a Q&A with Katie Stallard and an op-ed about reality-based governance in China.
The Ocean Edge
With its plans for seabed mining and the "blue economy," China is implementing a strategy for the world's warming oceans. The U.S. is trying to...
Pole Position
In public, Chinese diplomats and climate negotiators deny that they see any link between climate change and geopolitics. But there is a deeply cynical consensus...
China’s Sea Change
The Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is the world's largest shipbuilder, supplying everything from container ships to cruise ships to companies in the U.S., Taiwan...
‘The Decade of Greatest Danger’
Plus, the best new books addressing the modern rivalry.
Deep State, Inc.
Last year, a nixed deal between the Solomon Islands and Sam Group, a Chinese conglomerate, offered a rare window into how Chinese companies often work...