Walz’s China Chops
A look at Tim Walz's China background.
Articles
The Billionaire Criminal Who Secretly Profited Off Jack Ma’s Deals
Confidential documents show that Xiao Jianhua, a corrupt investor tied to China’s political elite, backed the country’s most successful and revered entrepreneur.
7 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into a Secret Investor in Jack Ma’s Companies
Behind the scenes, China’s most celebrated and its most notorious billionaires were linked through investments worth at least $1 billion.
Why Small Packages Are A Big Deal
Stemming the tide of low-cost imports coming into the U.S. from China is proving tricky.
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 less appreciated is the companies that have prospered in the policy's wake — like iFlytek, the artificial intelligence company. Beijing,...
Xi Tries To Get the Banks On Side
Beijing wants the Chinese financial sector to do more to support its economic goals, but progress has been hard to come by.
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 almost two years later, the North American mining industry is in crisis and no closer to chipping away at China's...
Angela Huyue Zhang on Why Beijing Took On the Tech Giants
The academic talks about the reasons behind China’s crackdown on its tech sector and its legacy, as well as how Chinese regulators are tackling AI.
Will China Stymie A Steel Deal?
Politicians say Nippon Steel’s Chinese links are a risk in its proposed merger with U.S. Steel, though the Japanese company’s presence in China is small.
Steve Tsang on How Xi Jinping Thinks
The academic tells us why it's important to understand the Chinese leader's political beliefs and where they come from — as well as their shortcomings.
How Google’s Alleged Thief Wooed Investors
The case of an employee at the U.S. internet giant who allegedly leaked artificial intelligence secrets raises questions for his Chinese backers.
Hacking the Hackers
The Chinese hacking company at the center of a major data leak this month has strong connections within China’s cyber security industry and to the country’s leading state-backed research group.