Star Chasers
The race to achieve nuclear fusion is one of the most consequential technological contests of the century. Who will win it?
Why R&D Cuts Threaten U.S. National Security
The U.S. is allowing its research capabilities to wither just at a point when China is making important breakthroughs.
Susan Greenhalgh on Coca-Cola, China and Obesity
The anthropology professor discusses how the giant U.S. drinks company steered Chinese public health messaging to support its expansion in the country.
David Zweig on the Academic Chill Between the U.S. and China
The social scientist and author discusses the fallout from the Trump administration’s China Initiative and how the U.S. should approach academic links with its strategic...
Beijing Wants Science to Focus on Self-reliance
China’s universities are organizing platforms and teams to help break the country’s dependence on foreign imports.
The Science Split?
With a landmark, 44-year-old agreement set to expire at the end of this month, the U.S. is facing one of its biggest China tests: Can...
Chen Qiufan on Science Fiction as a Weapon of Storytelling
The writer talks about why technology is the only valid tool we have right now, how sci-fi is becoming too conservative as a genre, and China's...
Mingwei Song on the ‘New Wave’ of Chinese Science Fiction
The scholar explains how modern science fiction in China dismantles identity, sheds light on the invisible China and evades the censors.