Is it Safe to Visit China? A Former Detainee’s Warning
From exit bans to arbitrary arrests, vague laws, unsubstantiated charges, grueling prison sentences, and secret executions — the risks keep growing.
China’s Trojan Horse Fleet
Chinese-operated vessels regularly ply Taiwan’s waters and visit its ports, while one of Beijing’s state-owned enterprises operates berths at the island’s biggest harbor through a...
Bitmain’s Trump Card
Bitmain is looking to shed its ties to blacklisted Sophgo as it wins customers including Eric Trump’s new bitcoin venture.
Julian Gewirtz on Getting China Strategy Right
The former Biden official and China scholar makes the case for the previous administration's approach and discusses why Beijing is content to watch the U.S....
How China Sees Iran’s Future
Beijing has been critical of Tehran’s recent strategic blunders, but sees Iran’s continuing existence as still vital to its interests.
Ely Ratner on Keeping the U.S. Focused on China
The Biden administration’s assistant secretary of defense explains why there needs to be a new defense pact in Southeast Asia akin to NATO, and the...
TikTok Ban Loses Its Bite
TikTok remains under Chinese ownership, five months after legislation required that it be sold or banned.
The China Hawks’ China Hawk
Elbridge Colby, under secretary for defense policy at the Pentagon, is arguably Taiwan’s most powerful friend in Washington. But if China does make good on...
Zhou Bo On Whether We Should Fear China
The former senior colonel in the PLA discusses China’s role in Ukraine, its intentions in Taiwan and why we should be more worried about the...
Outrunning China — But in What Direction?
There was plenty of consensus that the U.S. needs to keep ahead of China at this week’s big tech and defense industry conference in Washington...
Hidden Treasures
The battle for rare earths has reached the abyss. China thinks it can win there too, as it out-maneuvers the U.S. and New Zealand in...
Meredith Oyen on Chinese Immigration Into the United States
The historian talks about the role migrant policy could play in U.S.-China relations and whether national security concerns are justified.