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Fight of the Century

If Xi Jinping orders the People’s Liberation Army to take Taiwan by force, can the island turn itself into a porcupine and muster wholesale “societal resistance” from its 23 million people? Brent Crane reports from Taipei.

A Bitter Harvest

Agriculture has traditionally been a fruitful area for China-U.S. cooperation, dating back to the two countries’ resumption of diplomatic relations in the 1970s. Now it is just another area marked by Sino-American distrust, as Washington hunts Chinese agriscience “spies” and Beijing races to reduce reliance...

Dan Wang on China’s ‘Engineering State’ versus America’s ‘Lawyerly Society’

The writer and academic discusses the core differences between the world's two largest economies, the brutality of China's former one-child policy and whether it's right call it a Marxist country.

The Realist

No one understands the Chinese Communist Party better than someone who was almost killed by it. Brent Crane talks to Chenggang Xu about his life and intellectual journey, from regime prisoner to regime expert.

The China Hawks’ China Hawk

Elbridge Colby, under secretary for defense policy at the Pentagon, is arguably Taiwan’s most powerful friend in Washington. But if China does make good on its threats to “re-unify” the island by force, will he be able to ensure that Donald Trump stands up to...

Is DJI Done?

The most popular drone company in the world is fighting for its future in America with one hand tied behind its back.

Hal Brands on the Axis of Autocracies

The foreign policy expert discusses why Eurasia is key to global security, and argues that China remains the biggest threat to the world order.

All In

Kai-Fu Lee once held a unique and privileged status: The former Apple, Microsoft and Google executive was as beloved in Silicon Valley as he was in China. But in recent years, as the U.S.-China rivalry over AI has intensified, Lee has been forced to choose...

Paul French on the Adventures of an American Future Duchess in Interwar China

The British author relates the truth behind Wallis Simpson's time in Shanghai, her activities for U.S. intelligence and the plight of the modern China book.

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 the U.S. catch up?

The Green Leap

From solar panels to electric vehicles, China dominates several of the technologies needed for the green energy transition. But can the U.S. find a way to leapfrog China and win the next generation of clean tech?

Access Denied

Jen Easterly, the eccentric director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has huge support when it comes to her number one priority: fighting back against Chinese cyber attacks. But to actually solve the China hacking problem, she'll have to figure out how to...