De-Coupling is the Only Answer
It is time for American and other free world leaders to get serious about restructuring global and regional supply chains.
Changeless China?
In 1991, Orville Schell undertook an unlikely project for CBS's '60 Minutes': helping Chinese dissident Harry Wu infiltrate some of the prison camps in which...
Bonny Ling on Values, Sanctions and Ethical Supply Chains
The business consultant talks about the full complexity of human trafficking, how companies can 'leave' responsibly, and the very fast-evolving picture of sanctions.
Out with the Oil, In with the Neo-Commodities
Our infographics look at China’s role producing the commodities of the future, and the key Chinese companies that stand to gain.
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.
The Corps of Xinjiang
Without understanding the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), it is impossible to understand modern day Xinjiang. Understanding the XPCC, however, is no small feat.
Boxed In
How a single Covid case in China exposed the sensitivity of tightly-wound global supply chains.
Fishy Business
China is one of the leading destinations for freshly-caught U.S. fish, which are then processed and sent back to America.
The Lithium Liability
As policymakers and business leaders in both the U.S. and China rev up electric-vehicle production, they find themselves reliant on the insecure supply of a...
China’s Stake in Africa’s Mines
China puts its money where the bauxite, copper and cobalt is.
Hemmed In
Marjorie Yang has staked much of her textile empire on being socially responsible, and yet her firm, Esquel Group, ended up on the Entity List....
Sporting Chinese Clothes
As sales in China go up, the global sportswear supply chain is shifting away.