Since last January, at least 20 ethnically Chinese scientists have made the news for potentially having ties with China. A big impetus for the investigations was China’s Thousand Talents Plan, a government program to recruit top foreign scientists overseas to work in Chinese universities and produce publications and patents.
The main difference between the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 and its predecessors is not so much substance but circumstance: The ongoing political movement in Hong Kong has persisted for too long for U.S. politicians not to take notice.
As U.S.-China trade frictions fester and Chinese capital dries up, the Hollywood-Beijing connection is hitting a wall.
The definitive list of international companies that have issued apologies to maintain their market access in China in recent years. Plus, a record of the even more widespread phenomenon of self-censorship for the Chinese market.
It may seem counterintuitive to many Westerners, but many Chinese people, including — and perhaps especially — younger people, seem to be very happy with the performance of their government. Economics, history, culture, and, yes, propaganda all play a role in shaping attitudes.
The NBA is wildly popular in China, with about 800 million Chinese watching games last season, and many basketball players and teams becoming household names. But after a single tweet set off a firestorm last Friday, the future of the NBA in China is in jeopardy. We explain what’s at stake.
If there is one thing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wishes he could create, and will never be able to acquire or replicate, it’s WeChat — China’s super-app, which has changed the way people use their phones, and disrupted the social media industry.
China has poured mountains of cash into infrastructure projects abroad, leading smaller countries to worry about exploitation. But while there are real issues with transparency and corruption in Chinese loans, “debt trap” is not an accurate characterization.
China is already halfway to a high-speed rail future, where taking the train is the easy option and flying is the second choice. The most convenient way to travel between Beijing and Shanghai is by high-speed train, and that statement is true for a growing number of routes across China. China already has 18,000 miles of high speed rail, with plans to extend to 24,000 miles by 2025.