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Xi Tries to Ride a Real-Estate Tiger, and We All May Get Mauled
As Covid lockdowns and buyers’ revolts roil China’s real-estate market, Xi Jinping is attempting to ride a tiger—to maintain power while clinging to the foolhardy policies that put him in this position.…
Heads of FBI, MI5 Issue Joint Warning on Chinese Spying
The heads of the FBI and Britain’s domestic security service issued sharply worded warnings to business leaders about the threats posed by Chinese espionage, especially spying aimed at stealing Western…
We Want to Rebuild U.S. Relations With China
The deteriorating state of affairs between the U.S. and China has destabilized the most important bilateral relationship in the world. Many Chinese companies do business in the U.S., as do…
China is Sweeping Up Pacific Island Allies —Here’s how Washington can Fight Back
When China, a country of 1.4 billion people, threatened Palau, a Pacific island nation with a population of just 18,000, to switch its diplomatic ties from Taiwan to Beijing or…
China’s Expanding Surveillance State: Takeaways From a NYT Investigation
China’s ambition to collect a staggering amount of personal data from everyday citizens is more expansive than previously known, a Times investigation has found. Phone-tracking devices are now everywhere. The…
Law Banning Xinjiang Products goes into Effect
A law banning the importation of products made in China’s Xinjiang region goes into effect today. Complying with it will be a monumental challenge for many U.S. companies.
Lawmakers Make Bipartisan Push for New Government Powers to Block US Investments in China
Congress is pressing ahead with legislation that could rewrite the rules for American companies investing abroad, proposing the screening of investments in countries like China seen as adversaries to protect…
China’s Crisis of Confidence
What if the new era of great-power competition was over before it had even begun? Many of today’s fears about a multigeneration conflict with Beijing rest on linear extrapolations of…
A Chinese Naval Base in Cambodia Signals a New Era of Competition in the Asia-Pacific Region
In October 2020, satellite photos showed that the Cambodian government had demolished two American-built facilities at the Southeast Asian nation’s Ream Naval Base—despite Washington offering to renovate them. On June…
