Operation Purple Maze
When a Chinese agribusiness tried to steal corn seeds from farms in Iowa and Illinois, it set off an elaborate, multi-year FBI investigation — raising...
An Interview with Mara Hvistendahl
In an interview with The Wire's David Barboza, author Mara Hvistendahl talks about her book "The Scientist and the Spy," and the impact of industrial...
Is America’s Antibiotic Supply at Risk?
The United States no longer produces crucial drugs like penicillin. Instead, China, a strategic rival, now dominates the world’s supply chain. With a global pandemic...
In High-Stakes Chip Deal, China Has Regulatory Leverage
A strategic struggle over tech supremacy frames Nvidia’s pending acquisition of Mellanox.
China’s Antibiotics Dominance
By some estimates, 90 percent of the world’s supply of antibiotics originate at huge factories in China.