Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement Receives Its Sentence
The city’s largest ever national security trial has ended with years-long jail terms handed to dozens of activists. A Wire China timeline shows how Hong...
Trump vs. China, Round Two
U.S. presidents have had a remarkably free hand to escalate tensions with China, and Donald Trump is likely to continue in that vein.
China’s Growing Gulf Financing
China’s bond sale in Riyadh this week caps a year marked by accelerating Gulf investments on the mainland.
China’s Struggle for Stability
Beijing’s efforts to stabilize its faltering economy have been too weak to date. The situation is likely to worsen following Donald Trump’s election win.
China Flexes Its Sanctions Muscle
Beijing is taking lessons from the U.S. as it attempts to get more international companies to comply with its sanctions.
China on the Campaign Trail
China has played far more of a supporting role this year than in other recent presidential campaigns.
Sinophobia and U.S. Election Lies
The current political climate in the U.S. is harming its relations with China.
Peak Confusion: Why Betting on a Weakened China is a Bad Idea
Misdiagnosing China’s economic health and military potential could have serious consequences for American policy making.
The EU’s duties on EVs are a turning point in EU-China relations
Besides taking defensive action against Chinese imports, Europe needs to better harness its own potential.
Is Xi Jinping a Marxist?
“Xi Jinping Thought” — articulated in texts by China’s leader and dissected in two new books — has the power to reshape China for decades...
Is Beijing’s Surprise Pivot Built to Last?
The Chinese government’s stimulus package has sparked a huge stock market rally, but it has much more to do to shift the economy into a...
Sara Castro on the U.S.’s First Encounters with the Chinese Communist Party
The academic and former intelligence analyst discusses the wartime Dixie Mission to Mao’s stronghold and its resonances today.