Ant Group underfoot — why U.S. markets aren’t dead yet
The government may have just been waiting for the right moment to crack down on China’s internet giants, but why now? Why Alibaba? What happened behind closed doors?
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Wall Street blunts the ‘delisting’ hype
The retreat of Chinese companies from American capital markets is an overblown story, argues Kevin Xu. On the contrary, the last year has seen the most Chinese fundraising in the U.S. since 2014.
Biden should bring back the China Fulbright program
If the Biden administration wants to undo the Trump administration’s foreign policy mistakes, restoring the China and Hong Kong Fulbright programs is a good and easy place to start.
Fear of a red tech planet — why the U.S. is suddenly afraid of Chinese innovation
Americans are as wrong in their overestimations of Chinese innovation today as they were in their underestimation just a few years ago.
Trump is stoking nationalist fervor — in China
How the American president is cementing nationalism among Chinese youth.
China must save Zambia from imminent default. No one else can.
China accounts for nearly two-thirds of Zambia’s external debt, and will play a pivotal role in the outcome of any potential debt renegotiation. It is in China’s interest to lead a debt restructuring plan for Zambia, just as it did earlier for Angola.
Forget diplomatic squabbling. Here’s an alternative path forward for China
This past year has seen China and the U.S. engage in petty squabbles and a dangerous game of diplomatic one-upmanship. But we believe — because we must — that constructive engagement remains possible and desirable. Given that the U.S. won't take the lead, here's why — and how — China should do so.
Confessions of a Chinese-American Trump voter
“Growing up in an authoritarian system, I regarded cynicism as part of life,” writes Connie Mei Pickart, who became an American citizen six years ago and voted in her first presidential election in 2016. “But in a democratic state, a cynical attitude has far-reaching consequences,” she adds — a lesson she learned the hard way.
How the legacy of China’s Boxer Uprising fuels anti-Asian racism even today
September 7 marks the anniversary of the Boxer Protocol, signed in 1901, an “unequal treaty” that signaled the end of the Boxer Uprising, itself a major chapter in the development of the “yellow peril” trope. The contested legacy of the Boxers is with us still, and can be seen in how we talk about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Do Chinese people support their government? Here’s why it’s hard to tell
A recent Harvard Ash Center study found that Chinese people are generally happier with their government now than ever. But there are at least three reasons why China’s public satisfaction numbers may not reflect performance.