🔥 Quick Take: Trending in ChinaThis is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this story also appears in the Weibo Watch... Read more »

🔥 Quick Take: Trending in ChinaThis is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this story also appears in the Weibo Watch... Read more »

Verdicts a ‘death knell’ for HK press freedom – Amnesty Amnesty International has condemned Jimmy Lai’s conviction as “dismaying” and said it “feels like the death knell for press freedom in Hong... Read more »

In the eleven months since Donald Trump took office – during which he has unleashed unprecedented assaults on the checks and balances of American democracy – there has been a wave of... Read more »

Algorithms and autocrats have rattled global stability. To safeguard liberty, the U.S. must remake its military. Opinion The Editorial Board By The Editorial BoardThe editorial board is a group of opinion journalists... Read more »

The country that can manufacture the most — steel, planes, missiles, computer chips — will win a long war. America was once the world’s industrial superpower. Now it accounts for just 17... Read more »

The mission demanded the utmost secrecy. A team of American climbers, handpicked by the C.I.A. for their mountaineering skills — and their willingness to keep their mouths shut — were fighting their... Read more »

Two recent WeChat posts express concern about mounting official interference in 相声 xiàngsheng, the traditional northern-Chinese form of fast-paced stage comedy known in English as crosstalk. These anxieties are acute, but not... Read more »

Last month, Southern Weekly reported on a policy at some hospitals in Shanxi requiring that ADHD patients get a “Class 1 Psychiatric Drug Prescribed” stamp in their hukou household registration booklet before... Read more »