The Mother, the Son and the War
On Wednesday Xi Jinping presided over a Beijing military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat. Eighty-eight years ago his mother,...
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.
Perry Link on Living With the Anaconda in the Chandelier
The dissident scholar discusses public expression in China, the nuances of China-watching, life under government blacklisting, and how patterns of Chinese self-censorship echo across the...
Larry Kudlow on Trump, Xi, Putin and the future of global trade
The former National Economic Council head talks about whether a deal with China is in the cards during Trump's second term, and being a free...
China’s Myanmar Problem
Myanmar’s civil war poses one of China’s biggest foreign policy challenges. As the country devolves back into rebel fiefdoms, Beijing has fallen back on a...
Hong Kong Media — Sliding Towards Irrelevance
Beijing is gradually extinguishing press freedom in the financial center.
Chris Horton on Taiwan the Ghost Nation
The journalist and author discusses Taiwan’s uncertain place in the world and how different generations have responded to the challenges it faces.
GoLaxy’s Government Connections
A review of corporate records shows the data firm is owned by China’s premier supercomputing company and a state research institute.
Tai Ming Cheung on Xi Jinping’s Militarization of China
The academic talks about how the Chinese party-state is readying the country for conflict, and what role the military is taking in making policy.
The Realist
No one understands the Chinese Communist Party better than someone who was almost killed by it. Brent Crane talks to Chenggang Xu about his life...
Is it Safe to Visit China? A Former Detainee’s Warning
From exit bans to arbitrary arrests, vague laws, unsubstantiated charges, grueling prison sentences, and secret executions — the risks keep growing.
David Shambaugh on the U.S. and China’s Love-Hate Cycle
The scholar discusses why the two countries have never achieved a steady state in their relationship, the reasons behind the collapse of Engagement, and his...