Beijing’s Big Ant Bet
How the Chinese government acquired an 8 percent stake in Ant Group.
Hidden Talents
Now that Charles Lieber has been arrested, everyone has questions about his involvement in China's Thousand Talents Program — to include, perhaps, Lieber himself.
China’s Digital Currency Will Rise But Not Rule
Investors are unlikely to view the renminbi as a safe-haven currency in times of global financial turmoil. That requires trust.
China’s U-Turn on Fintech Firms Hasn’t Slowed Them Down
But state-owned banks still have more control than it seems.
Security Rift
The newest version of HTTPS’s encryption conceals what website internet users are viewing — which is why China’s censors blocked it.
A Rising STAR
The Shanghai Stock Exchange’s year-old STAR Market has outperformed similar markets in the past six months and is set to host Ant Group in what’s...
In China’s Orbit
The number of satellites is rapidly increasing, and China operates the second-most of any country.
Parag Khanna on China-centric Bias
"The winner is not America or China. The winners are countries practicing multi-alignment."
Who Really Owns ByteDance?
A close look at the investors that built ByteDance into the company that it is today.
China’s Commercial Space Sector
SOEs still dominate China’s national space program, but the commercial space sector has taken off in the past five years.
The Dragon Has Landed
With its recent high-profile Mars mission, China showed the world just how far its ambitious space program has come. Now, with growing U.S. concerns about...
Alibaba’s Big India Bet
Chinese firms are investing billions of dollars in India's e-commerce market. In one of the biggest deals, Alibaba has backed Paytm, India's most valuable unicorn....