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Competition with China has become the biggest through line of a highly polarized Washington over the past decade, and a bipartisan commission that advises U.S. lawmakers on China is calling for some drastic measures to help the United States win that competition. Among the 32 recommendations from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s annual […]
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: Chinese authorities ease a ban on private tutoring amid a broader tech regulatory pullback, Chinese migration into the United States through the Darién Gap slows down, and Chinese authorities crack down on Halloween in big cities. Sign up to receive China Brief in your inbox every Tuesday. […]
What will happen to China’s long-term ideological direction once President Xi Jinping eventually leaves the scene? This is unlikely anytime soon. But for a septuagenarian, the possibility is real enough to force us to start seriously thinking this through. Indeed, it goes to the core question of whether the deep structural and cultural changes that […]
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: The leadership in North Korea and Myanmar rankles Chinese officials, Kazakhstan declines to join BRICS and sends a signal to Russia and China, and a Chinese bot network targets down-ballot races in the U.S. election. Sign up to receive China Brief in your inbox every Tuesday. […]
In May, China held military exercises around Taiwan that simulated the opening maneuvers of a full-scale invasion. China has launched ballistic missiles over the island, and incursions by Chinese fighter jets into Taiwanese airspace are a daily occurrence. But while Beijing’s military provocations grab global headlines, its relentless campaign of diplomatic pressure and legal warfare—lawfare […]
On Oct. 1, 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from the top of Beijing’s Tiananmen Gate. Now, as the PRC celebrates its 75th anniversary, we wanted to revisit its past—and Chinese leaders’ efforts to rewrite it. As former Guardian China correspondent Tania Branigan put it, the Chinese Communist […]