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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.

“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

China’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2060, explained

By Lili Pike

The bogus Steve Bannon-backed study claiming China created the coronavirus, explained

By Alex Ward

China has quietly vaccinated more than 100,000 people for Covid-19 before completing safety trials

By Lili Pike

China may double its nuclear arsenal in just 10 years. Don’t panic.

By Alex Ward

Your face mask — and your T-shirt — might have been made with Uighur forced labor

By Terry Nguyen

A top Hong Kong pro-democracy figure was arrested. Beijing isn’t playing around.

By Jen Kirby

5 real steps the US could take to help Uighurs in China

By Alex Ward

The US-China “cold war” reaches Houston

By Alex Ward

Hong Kong’s future under China’s new security law, explained

By Jen Kirby

TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong as tech companies push back against new security law

By Rebecca Heilweil

Donald Trump is vulnerable on China. So is Joe Biden.

By Alex Ward