Physicist in Exile
Yangyang Cheng came to the U.S. to study the mysteries of the universe. She ended up staying in order to study the role of science...
The Case for Deterrence
Xi Jinping has made his desire to subjugate Taiwan known. The U.S. and its allies should take him at his word and take several urgent...
Teacher’s Pet
The story of Beijing's crackdown on the private tutoring industry has been dominated by the spectacular fall of once lucrative companies like New Oriental. But...
The Clash of Constellations
In 2021, Beijing announced Guowang, its answer to SpaceX’s Starlink. But with very few updates about the project — apart from disciplinary inspections — it...
Access Denied
Jen Easterly, the eccentric director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has huge support when it comes to her number one priority: fighting...
The Great EV Glut
The new U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made EVs are both unprecedented and largely performative since Chinese EVs haven't yet penetrated the U.S. market. The European Union,...
China Goes Global — Again
Chinese companies have decided that the best place to make money right now is outside of China. The phenomenon known as chu hai (出海), which...
Mining’s Malaise
Washington’s $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act was seen as a generational opportunity for miners in the U.S. as well as mineral rich trading partners. But...
The Divine Disruptor
Bob Fu's relationship with China has gone through phases. First, he thought money would solve his problems there; then he joined protesters at Tiananmen Square,...
The Chip Comeback
What is so hard about making chips in America? And can the U.S. do anything about it? As part of his series, 'Remaking the Chain,'...
Status Symbol
For much of the past two decades, Europe's luxury market has counted on the ferocious appetite of Chinese consumers to bolster its bottom line. But foreign...
The China Whisperer
John Garnaut is one of the men most responsible for the global shift in China policy. As a journalist and then Australian government official, he...