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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Britain and America Have a China Problem
London’s and Washington’s differing assessments of Beijing’s rise point to deeper issues between the two countries.
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Bloomberg / Getty Hong Kong’s Perfect Crisis
The city’s prodemocracy protests and the threat of coronavirus build on common complaints.
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Getty Coronavirus: Photos From Wuhan Under Quarantine
Several photographers continue to report from Wuhan, China, where streets appear nearly deserted after a quarantine and traffic ban.
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Michael Tunk / Ideas The Responsibility to Counter China’s Ambitions Falls to Us
The American inheritance and the American promise are both precious and precarious. If we don’t defend them vigorously, no one else will.
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Nicolas Asfouri / AFP via Getty Hong Kong’s Protesters Finally Have (Some) Power
Newly elected representatives are among those trying to turn the demonstrations into a permanent prodemocracy movement.
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An Rong Xu / Redux Taiwan Stands Up to Xi
The Chinese leader miscalculated, increasing the pressure he exerted, but driving more support to Tsai Ing-wen.
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Mark Schiefelbein / AP The Moral Hazard of Dealing With China
Academic institutions must grapple with the question of when engagement becomes complicity.
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Heng Sinith / AP The Costs of China’s Belt and Road Expansion
The country has driven investment to new places. Yet that growth has also brought risks for Beijing.
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George Frey / AFP / Getty 5G Is Where China and the West Finally Diverge
The rollout of speedy new cellular networks is a geopolitical turning point, but neither Trump nor the public yet recognizes this.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty Photos of Huawei’s European-Themed Campus in China
The Ox Horn research and development campus is being developed as 12 separate “towns,” with research buildings being modeled after famous castles, palaces, and more.
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Costfoto / Barcroft Media via Getty A Photo Visit to Mount Fanjing
On a tall spire atop the highest peak in the Wuling Mountains sit a pair of Buddhist temples, separated by a narrow gorge.
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Wang Zhaobo / VCG via Getty The Temporary Ruins of Harbin’s Melting Ice Sculptures
After the ice festival: fascinating aerial images of ephemeral architecture crumbling and returning to a liquid state
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Niti Thanomsri / Shutterstock A Photo Trip to China’s Daocheng County
A handful of images from the lofty peaks and valleys of Daocheng County in China’s Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
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Wang Mingzhu / VCG via Getty Photos: The World’s Largest Airport-Terminal Building
A look at the construction of Beijing Daxing International Airport, a massive new transportation facility set to open later this year
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- / AFP / Getty Dizzying Heights: Vertical Tourism in China
Chinese developers have opened a series of new tourist attractions in some very lofty places. Glass-bottomed bridges, cliffside walkways, observation decks, and more
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Aly Song / Reuters China Is Still Sorting Through Its Colorful Bike-Share Graveyards
Remember that “Bike-Share Oversupply in China” photo story from March? There were just so many bikes, Chinese cities are still dealing with massive bicycle graveyards.
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AFP / Getty Photos: Made in China
A collection of recent images showing some of the work taking place in China’s factories, showrooms, workshops, and construction sites.
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HelloRF Zcool / Shutterstock A Photo Trip to China’s Qiandongnan Prefecture
In south central China’s Guizhou province sits Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, home to nearly four million people, beautiful scenery, and colorful festivals.
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Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty A Photo Trip to the Abandoned Village of Houtouwan
Once a thriving community, the now-empty brick houses of Houtouwan stand completely covered by blankets of vegetation.
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Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty 10 Years Since the Devastating 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
On May 12, 2008, a magnitude-8.0 earthquake struck beneath a mountainous region in south-central China, toppling buildings and sending landslides crashing into cities, resulting in nearly 70,000 deaths.
