The Two Sides of Chinese GDP
Behind the world’s second-highest GDP are hundreds of millions of people who just want to stop being poor.
Shots in the Dark
Leaders all across the world have expressed gratitude for China’s ‘vaccine diplomacy’ — especially as the U.S. has been far less forthcoming with its vaccines....
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...
China Still Needs Expansionary Economic Policy
To consolidate its post-pandemic growth momentum in 2021, China should not be in a rush to exit from expansionary fiscal and monetary policy.
The Czech Man in China
Before Petr Kellner died last month, he was the richest man in the Czech Republic — in large part because of his Home Credit business...
The New China Shock
Like China’s accession to the WTO in 2001, the country’s new strategy for achieving economic self-reliance will challenge the West. It demands a different set...
Boxed in on China
Balance-of-payments deficits, not the so-called China problem, are the macroeconomic source of America’s overall trade deficit.
China’s Accelerating Fertility Crisis
In 2016, authorities abandoned the country’s one-child policy. So, why is the birth rate declining again?
China’s Own Goal
In 2015, Xi Jinping decided that soccer, the world’s most popular sport, would improve China’s fitness, both on and off the field. But in the...
The Benefits of Engagement
The U.S. has grown increasingly hostile to China’s rise. But we can’t afford to decouple from this engine of global growth.
Biden’s China Team
Meet the appointees taking on the China challenge.
Rory Medcalf on the Reality Check of Australia-China Relations
The Aussie professor and former diplomat talks about the Indo-Pacific and how Australia’s China story is a wake-up call for the rest of the world.