China’s Top Airlines Face Profit Crunch
Five years post-pandemic, the largest airlines in China are still struggling.
China’s Growth Model is Dead: Long Live the New Model
Beijing thinks its economic strategy can help it meet problems like a declining population and high debt. Right now, the plan isn’t working.
Melanie Hart on Countering Chinese Coercion
The Biden State Department official discusses how to fight back when Beijing puts on the economic screws, and whether the Trump tariffs will have their...
China’s Two-Speed Economy
China’s latest data shows a stark contrast in performance between sectors favored by Xi Jinping and the rest of the economy.
Ma Jun on U.S.-China Climate Collaboration, Green Finance and Jobs
The economist discusses how China’s clean energy transition can help boost employment and the chances of working with the U.S. on green issues.
Chinese Companies Are Looking to List Again: Profits Not Required
After a long lull, IPOs are on the up in mainland China — at least for firms aligned with the government’s economic priorities.
Lael Brainard on Keeping the Dollar Dominant
The economic policy maker says the Trump administration's actions could threaten the greenback's role, and discusses the big bet the U.S. made in welcoming China...
China’s Stablecoin Push
Beijing’s efforts to internationalize the renminbi are going digital.
Hongbin Li on How the Gaokao Shapes China
The U.S.-based academic discusses why China’s college entrance exam system retains popular support despite its hardships, and how the gaokao’s influence can spread overseas.
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...
China’s Meeting With India and Russia Was About More than Trump
The relationships between the three powers remain complex, with fundamental differences that are hard to resolve.
Cycling into the Future
In an extract from his new book, Breakneck, Dan Wang hops on his bike to explore how China’s problems throw America’s into stark relief. How...