Leaked Data Show China’s Population Is Shrinking Fast
China has always massaged its demographic figures, but a recent, large-scale data breach offers some sorely needed clarity.
Fred Bergsten on Rewriting the Rules of the U.S.-China Relationship
The influential economist talks about China's affect on the U.S. psyche, why globalization has been on the defensive for 25 years, and why economic leverage...
China’s Tourism Tumble
A look at the state of China’s tourism industry.
The High Costs of Disengagement for China
Disengagement will impede growth, increase business costs, and raise prices for everyone in the West. But the economy that loses the most may be China’s.
Lawrence Summers on the Principles of a Multipolar System
The lionized economist talks about alternatives and counterfactuals in the U.S.-China relationship; the lessons from both the Japanese and Russian experiences; and why truculence is...
The Inflationary Consequences of Deglobalization
Globalization previously made it easier for major central banks to pursue and maintain low inflation.
The Adaptation Advantage
China is mobilizing to adapt and thrive in a rapidly warming world. Under Xi Jinping, the country has undertaken thousands of projects — across industries...
Shutting Out Windows
In June, Beijing launched its latest attempt to come up with an indigenous rival to Microsoft Windows. Can it work?
Bonnie Glaser on What Deters China vs. What Provokes China
The scholar talks about why a U.S. trade agreement with Taiwan is justified; Xi Jinping's Taiwan timeline; and how to change China's cost-benefit calculus, not...
The State of Space
Questions are mounting over whether Beijing and Washington can agree on basic rules for them to operate peacefully in the cosmos.
KOL Crackdown
A closer look at the world of China's influencers after the online disappearance of three of China’s best known Key Opinion Leaders.
Is Taiwan the Next Ukraine?
Chinese forces may well have to land in Taiwan before the world finds out whether the U.S. is willing to defend the island militarily. But...