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China

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

What the Doomsday Clock is really counting down to

By Bryan Walsh

The great population growth slowdown

By Bryan Walsh

22 things we think will happen in 2022

By Dylan Matthews, Kelsey Piper, and 1 more

22 predictions we made in 2021, and the 13 we got right

By Dylan Matthews, Sigal Samuel, and 1 more

What happens when omicron hits China

By Jonathan Guyer

What the US’s diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics does — and doesn’t — mean

By Jen Kirby

What Peng Shuai’s rape accusation says about China

By Ellen Ioanes

What one American’s case says about the future of the courts in Hong Kong

By Jen Kirby

Maybe losing the AI race to China isn’t such a bad idea

By Adam Clark Estes

When removing a statue actually is antidemocratic

By Jen Kirby

The many signals China is sending with its Taiwan flyovers

By Jen Kirby

“Neoliberalism has really ruptured”: Adam Tooze on the legacy of 2020

By Zack Beauchamp

How your favorite jeans might be fueling a human rights crisis

Cotton’s connection to forced labor by Uyghurs in Xinjiang ought to have you rethinking fast fashion.

By Sofi Thanhauser

Will China’s national security law break Hong Kong as a business hub?

By Jen Kirby

The danger of anti-China rhetoric

By Li Zhou

China’s national security legislation is destroying Hong Kong’s rule of law

By Jen Kirby

China is buying Muslim leaders’ silence on the Uyghurs

By Alex Ward

China extends reach in Hong Kong over Tiananmen Square vigil

By Brittany Gibson

Why there’s talk about China starting a war with Taiwan

By Alex Ward

Ben Rhodes is worried about Joe Biden’s climate change and China policies

By Alex Ward

A pro-democracy activist on Hong Kong’s year of turmoil: “The city itself is dying”

By Jen Kirby

The future of AI is being shaped right now. How should policymakers respond?

By Kelsey Piper

Why China is still clinging to coal

By Lili Pike

Don’t expect the US and China to be friendly anytime soon

By Alex Ward

How the US and China can jump-start cooperation on climate change

By Jariel Arvin

The first US-China meeting reveals a “rough start” to relations

By Alex Ward

Biden’s meeting with “the Quad,” a new alliance to counter China, explained

By Alex Ward

China rewrites Hong Kong’s election rules to guarantee Beijing “patriots” stay in power

By Jen Kirby

China’s genocide against the Uyghurs, in 4 disturbing charts

By Sigal Samuel

Tom Cotton’s big plan to “beat China,” explained

By Alex Ward

How will Biden handle China and Russia? Look at his calls with Xi and Putin.

By Alex Ward

John Kerry promises US climate change diplomacy won’t lead to weaker China policy

By Alex Ward

US: China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uighur Muslims

By Alex Ward

Hong Kong arrests over 50 democracy activists in an unprecedented crackdown

By Jen Kirby

How military superiority made America less safe

By Alex Ward

How China’s “wolf warrior” diplomats use Twitter to troll Beijing’s enemies

By Alex Ward

Japan and South Korea have started to ditch global coal projects. Will China follow suit?

By Lili Pike

3 Hong Kong pro-democracy icons were sentenced to prison in huge blow to protest movement

By Jen Kirby

In China, nearly 1 million people have reportedly already gotten a coronavirus vaccine

By Lili Pike

Why China just got around to congratulating Biden on his 2020 win

By Alex Ward

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