Mixed Messages
Among Western countries, Germany has long had a unique relationship with China, both economically and politically. But with cracks emerging in the historically powerful pro-engagement...
A Korean Trajectory for China?
South Korea’s recent history shows how a vibrant economy can lead to the emergence of a large middle class — and, with it, demands for...
Money Makers
A look at wealth in China: its magnitude, how it’s being spent and invested, and the yawning inequality gap that has only grown in the...
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.
Joseph Torigian on Making Sense of Chinese Politics
The academic talks about the changing understanding of Leninist regimes; common misperceptions of the post-Mao era; and what the collapse of the Soviet Union means...
Global Change of Heart
Has foreign investor sentiment towards China changed for good, or can potential policy changes restore confidence?
Teng Biao on Fascism with CCP Characteristics
The scholar, who has been living in exile from China since 2011, talks about the CCP's 'performance legitimacy'; why the billionaire exile Guo Wengui turned...
The Steel Trap
No other sector has quite embodied China’s rise from a poverty-stricken agrarian state to a modern industrial powerhouse more than the steel industry. It has...
The Yuan’s International Makeover
In a widely overlooked shift, Beijing has started overhauling its approach to RMB internationalization.
Frank Dikötter on Paying Attention to China’s Primary Sources
The historian talks about his new book; why he eschews the sinological armchair; how the architect of modern China is Jiang Zemin, not Deng Xiaoping;...
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...
Chris Miller on the Past, Present and Future of the Chip War
The historian talks about his new book; how the Cold War history of missile systems led him to the semiconductor industry; and why China hasn't...