The Biodiesel Defect
Twenty years ago, biofuel was seen as something of a silver bullet — a way to "green" our engines and support our farmers all at...
The Threat to Tech in Hong Kong
The city's government is trying to stop the spread of a popular protest anthem, putting major platforms in a tricky position.
BYD’s Big Moment
BYD’s blink-and-you-miss-it expansion in the last three years has blindsided just about everyone. Today it is the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles, the second...
Dicey Debt Collection
A look at the murky world of debt collection in China, where strong-arm tactics and often violent threats have created a stigma that will not...
Cable Cutters
On February 2, a Chinese fishing vessel cut one of the two subsea internet cables connecting the Matsu islands to Taiwan. Six days later, an...
Who is Primavera Capital?
The Hong Kong-based firm provided crucial financing to ByteDance and the Ant Group and even acquired Princeton Review, the New York-based college test prep firm.
Aluminum Foiled
In 2000, the U.S. was the world’s top producer of aluminum. Today, it’s the ninth-largest. The toppling, of course, is due to China, which came...
Commerce at the Center
On Thursday, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Wang Wentao, the Chinese Commerce Minister, in Washington. It marked the first cabinet-level meeting in Washington between...
The Consultant Crackdown
At first glance, the recent raid on Capvision, a Shanghai consultancy, looks similar to the raids on foreign firms Mintz Group and Bain & Company....
Express Delivery
As Chinese e-commerce giants are called into question over their supply chains, a look at the company that is helping deliver the goods.
Foreign Business in China: Safe and Secure?
Companies operating in China need to work together to get better information on the government's intentions.
New Oriental’s New Direction
The onetime online education giant has reinvented itself as an e-commerce site — and has become profitable again.