The Autocrat’s Dilemma
Xi Jinping’s ruthless reign in China offers important lessons for aspiring authoritarians.
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Reuters A Possible Upside to the Iran War
Perhaps inadvertently, Trump is revealing the limits of China’s Axis of Autocracy.
Nanna Heitmann / Magnum Trump’s Head-Scratching Turn Toward China
The president’s very personal approach to diplomacy poses real threats to American security.
Haiyun Jiang / The New York Times / Redux The Race for Global Domination in AI
The competition between China and the United States is about more than technology.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Javier Zayas Photography / Getty; piranka / Getty. Rising Prices Are Bad, but Plummeting Prices Are Worse
Americans may envy China’s deflation. They shouldn’t.
Sheldon Cooper / SOPA Images / Getty China’s EV Market Is Imploding
Beijing’s grand ambitions threaten to take down the global car industry.
CFOTO / Future Publishing / Getty The Real Worry About Trump’s Deals With China
Today he’s resolved little more than a crisis of his own making. What might he trade away later for such negligible gains?
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty China Gets Tough on Trump
Beijing explores the leverage it now has to work its geopolitical will.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Sarah Meyssonnier / AFP / Getty. Putin and Xi Are Holding the West Together
Trump gave America’s adversaries an opportunity they haven’t seized.
Suo Takekuma / Getty Life Has Gotten Surreal in China
The state is ever more insistent on a reality at odds with people’s experience. That’s not a good sign for progress.
Illustration by Xinmei Liu
