Biden’s Beijing Bind
When Joe Biden entered office, many China watchers expected great things: the foreign policy veteran had a deep history with Xi Jinping, and he fielded...
Why Is China’s Growth Rate Falling So Fast?
Reversing the slowdown will require policymakers to reform the ways in which they debate, vet, and implement new regulations and pandemic-control measures.
The Resistible Rise of U.S.-China Conflict
The structure of great-power rivalry may exclude a world of love and harmony, but it does not necessitate a world of immutable conflict.
Nathan Law on Keeping Hong Kong Relevant
The pro-democracy activist talks about how the Hong Kong protests changed international sentiment about China and why the right to self-determination still matters.
Yes, This is a Cold War
We risk serious errors as a nation if we shy away from reality because we find it distasteful.
Shaping Up and Shipping Out
Thanks to the supply chain bottleneck, China's shipbuilders are in high demand — a potential boon to the country's Navy.
Stalled Dreams
When China loaned Ethiopia more than $2.5 billion to build a railway, it was cultivating a unique relationship in Africa that it hoped would unlock...
Family Values
In an excerpt from his new memoir, the exiled artist Ai Weiwei describes his father's first meeting with Mao Zedong — and how he came...
David Shambaugh on Why U.S. Engagement With China is Already Dead in Spirit
The scholar talks about the difficulty of advising young people to go into the China field, the internal Chinese narrative about U.S. decline, and how...
What’s Going on With Trump’s SPAC?
The extensive China connections in Donald Trump’s latest deal do not break any laws, but they are surprising.
Microsoft’s Long Past and Uncertain Future in China
A look at Microsoft’s China business, including what’s left and the concessions it has had to make in order to stay.
Jasper Becker on How to Deal With China Post-Covid
The journalist talks about his new Wuhan book, the "quite damaging" circumstantial evidence and demanding reciprocity with China.