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Fathers and Sons

Xi Jinping disappointed Chinese Communist Party reformers who thought he would be more like his father. In this excerpt from his new biography of Xi Zhongxun, Professor Joseph Torigian ponders “the mystery of Xi Jinping”.

The Big Picture

China’s Aging Migrant Workforce

Some 300 million Chinese workers are facing a more precarious future amid the country’s economic transition.

Q & A

Kyle Chan on What We Need to Know About China’s Industrial Policy

The researcher talks about the state of the trade war, how the U.S. and others should deal with China’s growing dominance in several advanced industries, and the economic weaknesses Beijing still needs to address.

News and Analysis

The Hunt for an Heir

The entrepreneurs at the forefront of China’s economic emergence in the 1980s and '90s are retiring. Who will succeed them?

Opinion

Will Trump Tip the AI Race in China’s Favor?

Over recent decades Chinese online platforms and social media companies rapidly caught up with, and then surpassed, their U.S. peers. The same is likely to happen again in the AI industry, thanks in part to...

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Face-Off: U.S. vs. China
A podcast about the turbulent relationship between the world's two superpowers, the two men who run them, and the vital issues that affect us all.

US Ambassador Nicholas Burns recently served in Beijing for three years. In this episode of Face-Off: US vs. China, host Jane Perlez talks to Burns about how he got Americans out of Chinese jails, how security operatives stopped American cultural groups from performing, and how China agreed to limits on AI in nuclear weapons.

Joining the Chips Race

A look at Biren Technology, which is challenging companies like Nvidia in the field of advanced chips.

Jeffrey Ding on the Spread of AI

The political scientist tells us why we shouldn't just focus on how good countries are at innovation — but how well they adopt new technologies.

China’s Open-Source Embrace

Chinese AI firms and chipmakers have become increasingly open to making their technology secrets available to all-comers.

China's Chip Problem that Money Can't Solve

China may seem from the outside to have a joined-up industrial strategy, but internal interests aren't always aligned.

Patrick McGee on How China Captured Apple

The journalist argues that Apple has played a major role in China's ascent as a technological power, but can’t meaningfully move its operations anywhere else for years to come.

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 the South Pacific.

To Track or Not to Track: The Latest Question Unsettling America’s AI Chipmakers

A new bill in Congress offers what proponents say is a simple solution to China’s AI chip smuggling.

America's Digital Iron Curtain Needs an Urgent Overhaul

Chinese companies are finding ways to get around U.S. restrictions on their access to crucial technologies.

Trump Cryptocurrency’s Big Investor Has Extensive China Ties

A Chinese blockchain entrepreneur once led the small New York company seeking to buy Trump’s cryptocurrency.

Henry Huiyao Wang on How China Views The Trade War

The leader of a Chinese think tank shares his views on a path forward for U.S.-China relations.

Tim Cook’s Biggest Gamble

In an article adapted from his book 'Apple in China', published on May 13, Patrick McGee describes how the tech giant got hoisted with its own petard in China.

Hong Kong’s ‘Conscience’ Prepares to Leave the Stage

David Webb has continued fighting for fairer markets and better-run companies in Hong Kong, despite growing political restrictions and his own illness.

China Tariffs: Where Are We Now?

President Donald Trump has taken China tariffs on a roller coaster ride since returning to office. Here’s where they’ve landed.

A Different Kind of Power

Joseph S. Nye’s legacy reshaped how nations compete, insisting that strategy and principle need not be at odds — even in an age where power is often measured in leverage, not legitimacy.

Paul G. Clifford on How China Made it Easier to Move Things Around

The business strategist and historian of modern China talks about robots in Chinese warehouses and fixing broken links.

The Looming Power of China’s Energy Megabases

The country’s enormous combined wind, solar and coal bases demonstrate in full China’s economic strengths and weaknesses.

The Wire China

Fathers and Sons

China’s Aging Migrant Workforce

Kyle Chan on What We Need to Know About China’s Industrial Policy

The Hunt for an Heir

Will Trump Tip the AI Race in China’s Favor?

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Face-Off: U.S. vs. China
A podcast about the turbulent relationship between the world's two superpowers, the two men who run them, and the vital issues that affect us all.

The Life of Saint Xi

Barbara Demick on the One-Child Policy and International Adoption

How China’s Adoption Market Led to Child Trafficking

What China’s Reading: Uncertain Times

An American Marine In China’s Red Army

Announcing the 2024 Winners

Ep. 20: Linda Jaivin on the Cultural Revolution

Yan Geling: Crossing the Red Line

Translated Chinese Literature: Short Fiction

For All the Trees in China

Joining the Chips Race

Jeffrey Ding on the Spread of AI

China’s Open-Source Embrace

China's Chip Problem that Money Can't Solve

Patrick McGee on How China Captured Apple

Hidden Treasures

To Track or Not to Track: The Latest Question Unsettling America’s AI Chipmakers

America's Digital Iron Curtain Needs an Urgent Overhaul

Trump Cryptocurrency’s Big Investor Has Extensive China Ties

Henry Huiyao Wang on How China Views The Trade War

Tim Cook’s Biggest Gamble

Hong Kong’s ‘Conscience’ Prepares to Leave the Stage

China Tariffs: Where Are We Now?

A Different Kind of Power

Paul G. Clifford on How China Made it Easier to Move Things Around

The Looming Power of China’s Energy Megabases

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