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...
Climate Consensus
Increasingly, Democrats and Republicans believe that climate change and China pose a single interconnected challenge. As a result — and for the first time ever...
Refocusing U.S.-China Climate Relations
Zero-sum competition between the U.S. and China holds disastrous consequences for the climate. A new model is needed.
China’s Under-Used Grid
A look at China’s electricity grid: how it works, who foots the bill, and how its structure leads to power crunches and expensive prices despite...
We (Mostly) Have Nothing to Fear
Why our universities must remain open to China.
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...
China’s Innovation Mandate
Beijing's ambitious plans to become an innovation powerhouse have produced mixed results.
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;...
COSCO’s Many Port Calls
A look at the state-owned maritime giant: how it came to be, its influence over the maritime industry, and why its reach has elicited concern.
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...
Books for the Xi Jinping Era
China's surveillance, spies and unfortunate overreach.