In June, ChinaFile published a new report, “The Locknet: How China Controls Its Internet and Why It Matters”—the product of 18 months’ work by Jessica Batke, ChinaFile’s senior editor for investigations, and... Read more »

China’s government has vowed to “firmly protect” its interests against Mexico’s plan to increase tariffs on Chinese cars to 50%, a move Beijing said was made “under coercion to constrain China”. On... Read more »

Xi Jinping had been waiting for the right moment to serve notice of China’s growing might and influence to the rest of the world, and the 80th anniversary of the end of... Read more »

On the evening of August 29, Chinese Valentine’s Day, passersby in Chongqing’s University Town neighborhood met with an astonishing sight: eye-catching political slogans – some inspired by Peng Lifa’s October 2022 Sitong... Read more »

One Wall, Two Worlds A security guard looks on as journalists cover a press conference in Beijing on March 7, 2025. © Jade Gao/AFP/Getty Before Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, Nana... Read more »

Is the transatlantic rupture temporary or structural? Is Donald Trump the cause of the rift, or is the US president only a symptom of underlying trends? Optimists latch on to the hope... Read more »

What do Mao’s 1953 Korean War speech and Yang Jiechi’s 2021 Alaska Summit remarks have to do with the escalating US–China trade war? In Chinese official media responses, history and emotionally charged... Read more »

Section 2. a. Freedom of the Press The constitution stated citizens “enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration.” Authorities, however, did not respect... Read more »

A host of measures intended to stifle dissent allowed Beijing’s military parade last week to take place without any major disruptions. The following is a summary of some of these examples of... Read more »