Shanzhai Knockoff Culture Might Kill ‘Innovation’. Long Live Invention!
Talk of innovation has risen in recent decades. The internet age produces clashes between neoliberal big claims, big egos, and big rewards, and the tangible practice of innovation. But innovation is not the same as invention.
Profile: Photographer Peng Ke
An article about Peng Ke, a photographer whose work captures life in China.
Picking the Rose, Leaving the Thorn: Why China’s AI Regulations Are Worth Careful Examination
According to a 2015 article in a Communist Youth League’s paper, college students ranked “Papa Xi” the highest among a group of public figures, citing their admiration for the “aggression behind his anti-corruption campaign” (铁腕反腐的霸气) and his helpful advice that young people should not stay up late.
America Shouldn't Make Its Semiconductor Policy All About China
To better protect the interests of the U.S., and its partners like Taiwan, the Biden administration should focus its efforts on an affirmative agenda centered on helping Americans pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
What's Next for Fintech?
In China, the Ministry of Science and Technology’s official newspaper recently praised Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu for their contributions to the country’s economy and development. Yet praise does not imply future independence.
Japan Must Tread Carefully in Lining Up With U.S. and Taiwan
All three governments are applying the 21st century concept of economic security while carrying the memory of 20th century exploitation.
Is China's Tech 'Crackdown' or 'Rectification' Over?
While often cast as part of the rectification—or crackdown, depending on your preferred term—China’s patriarchal censorship campaigns since 2020 are largely unrelated to Beijing’s pioneering, if possibly problematic, tech regulations.
Determining the Future of the Internet: The U.S.-China Divergence
When protests broke out in China in response to severe, and sometimes fatal, COVID-19 lockdowns, blank sheets of A4 paper became the dominant symbol of dissent, appearing in the streets of Chinese cities and at solidarity protests around the world.
China's Missing COVID-19 Data
Considering aggregate data, anecdotal accounts, and common sense, it is difficult to downplay the significance of Beijing’s sudden decision to reverse its once prized zero COVID policy, which Chinese President Xi Jinping had claimed as a national and personal victory.
Chinese Communist Party Abandons Symbolic Traditional Gestures Toward Equality
While CCP leaders have never been feminists, the party has historically advanced women's rights when doing so furthered its socioeconomic priorities.
The Beginning of the End for Zero Covid?
If zero-COVID ends, we should not expect the health codes that have become omnipresent in many parts of China to die along with forced quarantines.
Shining a Light on Asian Americans in Art History
Students in 1969 began what would be a decades-long quest to get Stanford to offer an Asian American studies major.
Xi Jinping's Position is Secure but Growing Gloom Will Have Impact
China today is no democracy, or even oligarchy.
China’s War on History is Growing
The government is inviting snitches to report on “historical nihilism.”
Why the Obvious Geopolitics of the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022 Matter
The bill is more about opposition to China than support for Taiwan, and is part of the broader securitization of Washington’s Taiwan policy.
Review: Stephanie H. Shih's "Open Sundays"
Focused on Jewish and Chinese immigrants, once the two largest non-Christian minorities in New York, Shih’s work here explores the bicultural history of the neighborhood.
China Unbound
Interview of Joanna Chiu about her new book China Unbound: A New World Disorder.
Xi Reforms Underline Tech's Role in China's 'Common Prosperity'
Recent reforms instituted by Chinese president Xi Jinping.
Emotion Recognition and the New Socialist Human
Chinese modernisation has been described by generations of CCP leaders and civilians as both an intellectual and moral project.
State of the Field: How U.S.-China Tensions Affect American China Experts
A report based on a survey covering how the domestic political environment in both countries has affected the work of China experts in the U.S.