What is StepFun?
The Shanghai-based AI firm is one of China’s ‘AI tigers,’ with models that can process videos and images as well as text.
The Hunt for an Heir
The entrepreneurs at the forefront of China’s economic emergence in the 1980s and '90s are retiring. Who will succeed them?
Patrick McGee on How China Captured Apple
The journalist argues that Apple has played a major role in China's ascent as a technological power, but can’t meaningfully move its operations anywhere else...
To Track or Not to Track: The Latest Question Unsettling America’s AI Chipmakers
A new bill in Congress offers what proponents say is a simple solution to China’s AI chip smuggling.
Tim Cook’s Biggest Gamble
In an article adapted from his book 'Apple in China', published on May 13, Patrick McGee describes how the tech giant got hoisted with its...
Chagee’s Last-Gasp Listing
Tea chain Chagee listed on the Nasdaq as calls mount to bar Chinese stocks from the U.S. markets.
The Vapor Trail
Chinese vape makers exploited a loophole in rules set during the first Trump administration to spread their products across America. Could the president's trade war...
Wall Street’s CATL Dilemma
The battery giant’s Hong Kong IPO has put big American banks in Washington’s crosshairs.
Beijing’s Port Predicament
The Chinese government risks sending a harmful message about Hong Kong companies’ independence amid the row over the future of the Panama Canal’s ports.
China’s Self-driving Danger
Automakers are striving to offer ever more advanced car models, but are they taking too many risks with driver safety?
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.
The Road to TikTok’s D-Day
A look at how the U.S. government's approach to the wildly popular social media app has twisted and turned.