Nadya Yeh is a Senior Editor at The China Project. Nadya got her Master’s degree at the Global Thought program at Columbia University and her Bachelor’s at Williams College. She has previously done research at the China Institute.
A raft of new measures by the Biden administration will severely limit the amount of access Chinese firms have to American semiconductors (and the things that go into making them), dealing a blow to Beijing’s push to develop cutting-edge technologies at home.
Xinjiang has again imposed restrictions on outbound travel, while other places in China are clamping down on COVID to ensure a smooth, virus-free Party congress.
Since Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan, eyes and ears have been fixated on the 110 miles of sea that separate the island from mainland China. Taiwan is preparing for war, even though many experts don’t think an invasion is imminent.
The U.S.-based pharmaceutical company turned down demands from Beijing to fork over its coveted recipe for its mRNA vaccine, despite the allure of China’s huge market.
China’s yuan joined the list of major currencies sliding against a strong U.S. dollar, as Washington and Beijing continue to diverge on their economic tool kits to manage their problems at home.
A deadly fire in Changchun has once again shined a light on shoddy construction and fatal accidents that are all too common in China’s cities and infrastructure. But some government policies and new technologies from the private sector offer hope.
The crippling effects of COVID-zero have weighed China’s economy down so much that, for the first time in 30 years, China will now grow slower than the rest of Asia.
Beijing has announced an unsurprising list of nearly 2,300 delegates who will attend the upcoming 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress that will determine its most powerful ruling body. Xi Jinping is, of course, among the chosen ones.
Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan have eased up on COVID restrictions. Could the Chinese mainland be next?