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News and analysis about China, a country with the world's second-largest economy, a terrible record on human rights, and global ambitions.

Are we in a new Cold War?

By Michael Bluhm

How China came to regret its one-child policy

By Bryan Walsh

Japan’s plan to ramp up military spending, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

Xi Jinping has abandoned zero-Covid. What happens now?

By Ellen Ioanes

China’s alliance with Saudi Arabia signals a potential shift in the global order

By Ellen Ioanes

China’s health system isn’t ready for the end of “zero Covid”

By Dylan Scott

China’s protests are testing the surveillance state

By Amanda Lewellyn

China’s Covid narrative is backfiring

By Jen Kirby

How “zero-Covid” changed China — and the world

By Kelsey Piper

What makes China’s wave of protests different this time

By Jonathan Guyer

The wave of protests testing China’s zero-Covid policy, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

North Korean missile launches may mean new nuclear tests

By Ellen Ioanes

Biden and Xi met for three hours. It’s the sit-down the world’s been waiting for.

By Jonathan Guyer

Biden’s hugely consequential high-tech export ban on China, explained by an expert

By Michael Bluhm

How Xi Jinping secured his third term in power — and quashed dissent

By Ellen Ioanes

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Rayhan Asat and the Uyghurs’ valiant fight against Chinese oppression

By Sigal Samuel

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Liu Hongqiao is holding China accountable for its role in the climate crisis

By Muizz Akhtar

The Chinese government’s unlikeliest standoff is with … fandom

By Aja Romano

What Xi Jinping’s third term means for China and the world

By Muizz Akhtar

3 events that shaped Xi Jinping’s worldview

By Jonathan Guyer

Climate change has come for the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter

By Muizz Akhtar

Chips are the new oil. There are no reserves.

By Rebecca Heilweil

Biden’s promise to defend Taiwan says a lot about America’s view of China

By Jonathan Guyer

The drama over Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan travel plans, briefly explained

By Jonathan Guyer

Shinzo Abe wanted to make Japan a “normal country” — as he saw it

By Bryan Walsh

How China’s relationship to Hollywood has shaped the movies

By Alissa Wilkinson

Xi Jinping asserts his power on Hong Kong’s handover anniversary

By Ellen Ioanes

If aliens are calling, let it go to voicemail

By Bryan Walsh

Why Biden’s off-the-cuff comment about defending Taiwan matters

By Jonathan Guyer

What Biden’s approach to Asia misses

By Jonathan Guyer

The developing Covid crisis in Beijing, explained

By Muizz Akhtar

Was Russia’s decision to cut off natural gas exports a mistake?

By Natasha Ishak

The economic crisis in Sri Lanka, explained

By Natasha Ishak

How China’s zero-Covid policy is failing Shanghai

By Ellen Ioanes

What the media needs to get right in the next pandemic

By Kelsey Piper

What Chinese media is saying about Russia’s Ukraine war

By Jen Kirby

How Hong Kong’s pandemic success story turned into a nightmare

By Umair Irfan

The war in Ukraine could portend the end of the “long peace”

By Bryan Walsh

How to clear the air in the most polluted cities on Earth

By Siobhan McDonough

The Olympic ideal is about world peace. The Olympic reality is far from it.

By Bryan Walsh