When it comes to science, deep technology, and the advancement of human civilization — China has ambitions not just to compete, but to lead. Don’t miss a beat in China’s steady progress in all things science, health, medicine, and deep technology.
Jennifer Bouey, an epidemiologist and the chair of the Department of International Health at Georgetown University, discusses the incoming wave of COVID infections that could strain China’s healthcare system and endanger the elderly.
Many experts warn that China is facing the possibility of a massive number of deaths from COVID-19.
China most likely won’t change its climate goals at COP27, but it’s still leading in electric vehicle sales and renewable energy installations.
China’s pandemic policies are going to look very different in a few months from now.
After heat waves, heavy rainfall, and floods, Typhoon Muifa is just what China’s struggling economy doesn’t need. Global supply chains will feel the pain, too.
As Europe burns and China swelters through a merciless summer, the Paris climate goals are a distant mirage. Determined to double China’s GDP by 2035 and overtake the U.S., it seems impossible that Xi Jinping can meet both his political and environmental commitments.
In July, Shenzhen became the first mainland Chinese city to pass a law that allows patients the right to refuse “excessive life-saving treatment.” But the drive for widespread implementation of this “right-to-die” legislation faces cultural and societal hurdles.
On our TikTok account: A brief history of U.S.-China collaboration in space.
NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao discusses the history of Sino-American space collaboration, U.S. attitudes toward China's space program, and China's impressive accomplishments and ambitions for the final frontier.