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America Just Hit the Lithium Jackpot

September 14, 2023

An outline of a battery filled with slot-machine numbers

Xi Jinping Is Done With the Established World Order

Michael Schuman

September 9, 2023

The China Model Is Dead

Michael Schuman

September 7, 2023

Xi Jinping, wearing a suit and tie, looks downcast in the bottom right of a plain red field.

Why You Should Worry About China’s Missing Minister

Michael Schuman

August 9, 2023

An illustration of Qin Gang's face obscured over the Chinese flag.

China Doesn’t Want to Compete. It Wants to Win.

Michael Schuman

July 14, 2023

American Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking to top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi

The End of Optimism in China

Michael Schuman

June 29, 2023

Chinese flags and pedestrians reflected in a window in Shanghai, China

What Is Putin Worth to China?

Michael Schuman

June 26, 2023

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin stand back to back in black suits, Xi towering over Putin.

China and the West Are Coming Apart. Can China’s Economy Continue to Rise?

Michael Schuman

June 8, 2023

The spire of a skyscraper rising above a a bed of clouds

A New Cold War Could Be Much Worse Than the One We Remember

Charles A. Kupchan

June 3, 2023

Triangular yellow road sign, but the exclamation mark looks like a launching missile

In America’s Competition With China, Democracy Could Lose

May 13, 2023

People walk past a campaign poster for opposition candidate Paetongtarn Shinawatra on a street in in Bangkok.

China Could Soon Be the Dominant Military Power in Asia

Michael Schuman

May 4, 2023

Two Chinese navy officers facing each other, a navy vessel at sea visible in the space between them.

Why Chatbot AI Is a Problem for China

Michael Schuman

April 18, 2023

An illustration featuring digits in the shape of a yellow star on red background

China Plays Peacemaker

Michael Schuman

March 14, 2023

Chinese leader Xi Jinping with Iranian leader Ebrahim Raisi

Can a Million Chinese People Die and Nobody Know?

Michael Schuman

February 24, 2023

An illustration of a broom sweeping red coronavirus particles under a red rug

China’s Balloon-Size Blunder Is a Huge Opportunity

Richard Fontaine

February 13, 2023

Illustration of a balloon carrying a shopping bag through the sky

Red Zeppelin

Michael Schuman

February 10, 2023

A photo of U.S. and Chinese flags staged for a diplomatic meeting

The Chinese Balloon and the Disappointing Reality of UFOs

February 3, 2023

An illustration of a saucerlike UFO with a page behind it being pulled back to reveal a weather balloon

No Need to Pop This Balloon

February 3, 2023

A black-and-white photo of a high-altitude weather balloon, as seen from below

Why the U.S. Isn’t Shooting Down the Chinese Spy Balloon

Juliette Kayyem

February 3, 2023

The Chinese balloon spotted over Montana

I’m Sorry, but This COVID Policy Is Ridiculous

January 6, 2023

Photo of an air passenger from China walking through the COVID-19 testing booths at the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport

My Mother Just Died of COVID in Wuhan

December 30, 2022

A photomontage of images of Jiwei Xiao’s mother

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How to Build a Happier 2023

December 29, 2022

Photo of three women waterskiing in the 1950s

How China Is Using Vladimir Putin

Michael Schuman

December 29, 2022

A photomontage of many Xi Jinping faces and one Vladimir Putin face

Just How Badly Does Apple Need China?

December 28, 2022

An image of a microchip within a map of the United States

Breaking China’s Hold

Dan Blumenthal and Derek Scissors

December 23, 2022

An image of a snapped chain between a yuan coin and a dollar coin.

I Went to Taiwan to Say Goodbye

January/February 2023 Issue

illustration of a swirled black line revealing parts of family photos of couple, close-up of face, city, and map on beige background

Mourning Becomes China

Jeffrey Wasserstrom

December 12, 2022

Juxtaposed image of Chinese protesters and mourners

Americans Should Not Be Tempted by China’s COVID Policies

December 11, 2022

A large screen showing Xi Jinping

Zero COVID’s Failure Is Xi’s Failure

Michael Schuman

December 10, 2022

An image of Xi Jinping

China’s COVID Wave Is Coming

Katherine J. Wu

December 6, 2022

Photo of a Chinese health worker in a protective suit, against a backdrop picture of a country road

Taiwan Faces Its Ukraine Moment

December 3, 2022

Paper cut-and-paste craft showing a Chinese flag, a yellow bang icon, and the Taiwanese flag.

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Change May Be Coming in China

Michael Schuman

December 2, 2022

People holding white roses and white pieces of paper to protest China's zero-Covid restrictions in Hong Kong on November 28.

China’s Blank-Paper Protests Are Only a Beginning

December 2, 2022

Protesters in China holding up blank pieces of paper

How Many COVID Deaths Will Chinese Protesters Accept?

December 1, 2022

Black-and-white photo of protesters on the street in Beijing, China

China’s Zero Tolerance for Xi’s COVID Restrictions

Michael Schuman

November 28, 2022

Protesters in China

The World Could Be Entering a New Era of Climate War

November 23, 2022

An image of Biden and Xi Jinping