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People's Republic of China

Uighurs Can’t Escape Chinese Repression, Even in Europe

August 20, 2019

A boy in a blue mask raises two East Turkestan flags in a march.

Hong Kong’s Protests Have Cemented Its Identity

Timothy McLaughlin

August 18, 2019

A protester walks past a banner that reads, "This is Hong Kong, not China."

‘One Belt One Road’ Is Just a Marketing Campaign

August 17, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping

Trump’s Foreign-Policy Crisis Arrives

August 15, 2019

Pro-China demonstrators

One Child Nation Reveals the Human Costs of an Infamous Chinese Law

August 13, 2019

Hong Kong Shows the Flaws in China’s Zero-Sum Worldview

Michael Schuman

August 12, 2019

Protesters wearing black T-shirts crowd the departures hall of Hong Kong's international airport.

The New Concept Everyone in Washington Is Talking About

August 6, 2019

The Russian and Chinese president greet each other at the G20 summit.

Trade Wars Are Not Good, or Easy to Win

August 5, 2019

American dollar and Chinese yuan

Lessons From Moscow: How China Might Handle Hong Kong

Jeffrey Kopstein and Jeffrey Wasserstrom

August 5, 2019

Lech Walesa addresses striking shipyard workers in August 1980 in Gdansk.

China’s Investments in Rwanda Raise Familiar Questions About Debt

Stephen Paduano

August 3, 2019

Xi Jinping with Rwanda's President Paul Kagame

But What About China?

August 1, 2019

The Discord of the U.S. Stance Against China

Michael Schuman

July 29, 2019

Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Kamala Harris during the second night of the first Democratic debate.

How to Choose Between the U.S. and China? It’s Not That Easy.

July 26, 2019

How the U.S. Could Lose a War With China

July 25, 2019

What Is Britain’s Responsibility to Hong Kong?

July 17, 2019

Chinese and British leaders stand beneath the flags of China and the United Kingdom.

Trump’s Iran Strategy Is Helping China

July 12, 2019

Iranian students walk past an anti-American mural, the Statue of Liberty with skull head and Iran's map.

The Chinese Influence Effort Hiding in Plain Sight

Didi Kirsten Tatlow

July 12, 2019

an illustration of Xi Jinping framed by a key hole

The U.S. Is Worried About China’s Investments—This Time in Israel

July 11, 2019

Taiwan’s Status Is a Geopolitical Absurdity

July 8, 2019

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen visits with Taiwanese soldiers.

Hong Kong and Taiwan Are Bonding Over China

July 5, 2019

Protesters wave Taiwanese flags at a rally in Hong Kong.

Democrats Couldn’t Agree on Top National-Security Threats

June 26, 2019

Trump’s Trade War With China Is Already Changing the World

Michael Schuman

June 25, 2019

China Is Cutting Tariffs—For Everyone Else

June 18, 2019

Hong Kong’s Protesters Earn a Victory. They Will Need More.

June 15, 2019

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks to journalists in Hong Kong.

Democrats Are Avoiding the China Question

June 10, 2019

An engineer works at a Huawei manufacturing center in Dongguan, China.

Decades of Being Wrong About China Should Teach Us Something

June 8, 2019

As a final act of protest, students erected a statue called the Goddess of Democracy in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.

The Age of ‘Chimerica’ Is Coming to an End

June 5, 2019

Huawei signs hang from a ceiling.

The U.S. Is Losing Europe in Its Battle With China

June 4, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte meet in Rome in March to sign a memorandum of understanding supporting the Belt and Road Initiative.

Remembering Tiananmen Square Is Dangerous, Even in Hong Kong

June 3, 2019

Visitors look at photographs at the June 4 Museum in Hong Kong during its reopening event in April.

The Migrant Workers Behind China’s Economic Miracle Are Miserable

Amy Hawkins and James Thorpe

May 31, 2019

Migrants workers take a train from the city of Hangzhou to Qiqihar to celebrate the Spring Festival holiday in 2018.

How Berlin Became an Unlikely Home for China’s Artists

May 25, 2019

two figures stand at a dark intersection, framed by smoke

The China Problem Isn’t Going Away

Richard Fontaine

May 24, 2019

A soybean farmer looks out at his field in Wilton, Iowa.

The Trade War Is Just the Beginning

May 20, 2019

Does Trump Deserve Credit on China?

May 20, 2019

Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2017

To China, All’s Fair in Love and Trade Wars

Michael Schuman

May 18, 2019

Employees work at a General Motors plant in China.

Democrats Need to Place China at the Center of Their Foreign Policy

May 14, 2019

An employee works on a mobile-phone production line at Huawei's factory campus in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China on March 25, 2019.