Western critics of China have put a lot of scrutiny on Confucius Institutes, saying these schools of language and culture create CCP “echo chambers” that disseminate political id… Read More

In recent months, advances in generative AI have allowed softwares to create songs with vocals that sound nearly identical to popular artists. Generators can capture the subtle differences i… Read More

Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng’s revenues have nearly halved over last year, and profitability is a long way off. A company restructure and a flashy release next month is int… Read More

TikTok filed a lawsuit against Montana for banning the app. Meanwhile, four Chinese citizens and a Chinese company have sued Florida for a new law barring them from owning property Read More

Mass DNA collection by police in Tibet has been part of a series of campaigns launched in the past several years aimed at “strengthening social governance at the grassroots level,&rdqu&hell…Read More

Lin Yutang, who was twice nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature, was a most effective “soft power” tool for China in the 1930s. He comes to us in the book "My Country and My… Read More

A new bill introduced by a U.S. representative from New York, Ritchie Torres, says open-source intel isn’t enough to expose crimes against humanity that may be happening in the Uyghur… Read More

In an unprecedented successful year, the seventh edition of the annual SupChina’s Women’s Gala attracted about 400 attendees, who convened in New York City to be inspired and hea… Read More

NATO Defense College confirmed a previously unreported meeting in Taiwan in March. It’s just one of an array of regional and global moves aimed at restraining China’s future mili… Read More

Alibaba will split into six separate entities with individual CEOs and boards, with several opting to pursue stock exchange listings Read More

The recent incident highlights the discrimination that mainland travelers face in Hong Kong, a city trying to revive its tourism sector Read More

Xu Xiake was China's first, most popular, and most prolific travel writer. He visited 16 modern provinces over more than three decades, and the observations he left behind, from the scientif… Read More

With "Made in Hong Kong," artist Chan Hiu writes the history of the city’s “knock-off” toys and pays homage to a significant piece of culture that’s gradually disappe… Read More

China’s largest lithium mining company has transformed itself into a battery manufacturer, and is now the very first company to announce mass production of revolutionary solid-state ba… Read More

Turkey is home to the largest community of Uyghurs outside of Xinjiang, and the government's support of this diaspora has resulted in harsh words between Ankara and Beijing. Still, both side… Read More

G7 leaders and their counterparts from guest nations took a stand to counter China during their summit in Hiroshima, Japan. Meanwhile, at a separate summit, Xi Jinping announced grand plans… Read More

As China bans the products of a major U.S. memory chipmaker, Chinese competitors are slowly stepping forward Read More

Despite a governmental initiative launched in 2018 to promote the use of epidurals for vaginal childbirth, more than half of Chinese women still have to endure excruciating pain in the deliv… Read More

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In this week's episode of The Signal, Lizzi Lee speaks with Agathe Demarais, author of the book "Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests." She shares her thoughts on… Read More

Two women involved in a fight on a train are both given the same punishment, which most people disagree with Read More

Caught between a bare-bones script, bland visuals, and bellicose nationalism, the story of China’s elite test pilots is destined to crash and burn Read More

We spoke to Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the top Democrat on the new U.S. House of Representatives’ committee on China, about its goals, and potential pitfalls in how the U.S. seeks to co… Read More

The future of road transport is being forged in China. These are its leading electric vehicle companies that are ready to take on the world Read More

Commercialized planting of genetically modified crops has not yet been allowed on Chinese soil. But the government is making slow but steady moves to cultivate such technologies at home in i… Read More

China is using an old playbook as it imposes restrictions on imports from Taiwan in hopes of pushing voters to support the KMT in the island’s upcoming election. But Beijing may be in… Read More

The backdrop of China’s Central Asia Summit today is rapidly expanding trade relations, driven by fossil fuel imports, that are now almost as large as China’s trade with the U.S Read More

American legal gridlock is leaving exiles from Xinjiang trapped in limbo Read More

"Lust, Caution" is a masterclass in the short story/novella genre, a tale of high-stakes manipulation against the backdrop of “glossily rouged lips,” “sleeveless cheongsams… Read More

Guo Beibei, an internet celebrity beloved by China’s gay community for expressions of unadulterated weirdness as someone living on the fringes of society, was banned by Chinese interne… Read More

Despite its greater presence in Central Asia, China will not displace Russia anytime soon Read More

Many aspects of mass surveillance technology may have been perfected in Xinjiang, but its use is hardly exclusive to China. For companies, the security industry presents a “market oppo… Read More

China is expanding its engagement in Central Asia. But in Kazakhstan’s history classrooms, official textbooks leave many teachers and students with more questions than answers about th… Read More

A Life magazine cover in 1938 sought to rally American public support for the war in the Pacific. The images inside that front cover were much more horrifying, revealing war atrocities commi… Read More

Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party will announce its presidential candidate on May 17. The choice will reveal the party’s strategy for its upcoming campaign and set the t… Read More

Four times a year, a compact paperback with a simple cover hits Chinese bookstores, its pages filled with essays, notes, interviews, long-form nonfiction, book reviews, poetry and short stor… Read More

“I don't think the Center crossed a line, but rather the line crossed them.” Read More

Over the years, Sudan has tested China’s policy of non-interference in foreign affairs. As the Sudan crisis continues, China may think twice about making inroads into this oil-rich cou… Read More

John Shing-Wan Leung, a U.S. citizen and Hong Kong permanent resident, was a member of at least two CCP United Front organizations. But now he faces life behind bars in China on charges of e… Read More

“I’m not a politician and I don’t want to get involved in political matters,” the former NBA star explained after referring to Taiwan as a country in a video Read More

How do we pay homage to mothers who have lost a child? Lu Xun did so by publicizing their sacrifices Read More

Shirley Leung was a reporter for the critical Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily until the territory’s new National Security Law killed it. But she’s back on the Hong Kong reporting b… Read More

In this week's episode of The Signal, Lizzi Lee speaks with Andrew Cainey and Christiane Prange, the authors of the new book Xiconomics: What China's Dual Circulation Strategy Means for Glob… Read More

A building evacuation in Harbin highlights ongoing issues in China's real estate sector Read More

Written by Zhang Yingji, “Nothing But You” has won over audiences by depicting a romance between a young man and an older woman. But the show is about much more than age Read More

A man from Gansu has been arrested after allegedly using ChatGPT to generate and spread a fake news story about a fatal train crash. The incident comes just weeks after Chinese lawmakers pro… Read More

From exploring personal subjects to reimagining ancient stories in a contemporary context, a new generation of Chinese creatives are elevating the world of animation beyond its legacy Read More

A single 35-year old Chinese woman is fighting for the right to freeze her eggs, after being banned from doing so due to her marital status. The decision of her appeal, a landmark case for f… Read More

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called for the immediate release of Ekpar Asat, Qurban Mamut, and Gulshan Abbas Read More

Maoist campaigns — and to a large extent, the Mao era itself — were as much visual as they were literary. Stefan Landsberger recognized this, and collected a large stash of Chine… Read More

Autonomous freight transport company TuSimple pumps the brakes under pressure from Washington Read More

Politics is supposed to stay out of high-level soccer, but nothing could be further from the reality in China. This partly explains why on-field results have suffered. But there are many oth… Read More

An age-old story of diplomatic misunderstanding and technology transference Read More

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with top officials from Central and South Asia last week. While China’s influence in the region is growing, so are its security concerns Read More

In "The Real Boy" series, Shang Liang dramatizes the challenges and conflicting impulses of adolescence by portraying slender teenage boys with hypertrophic abdominals, chests, and arms Read More

Li Yanhe, a.k.a., Fu Cha, is a well-regarded Taiwanese publisher who was detained on a recent trip to Shanghai. His disappearance has sent shockwaves through the Taiwanese publishing and cul… Read More

In January, Taiwan will select its next leader. The result will have consequences far beyond the borders of this self-governing island Read More

China is becoming a black box to investors, business people, and journalists, as the government makes it increasingly difficult to access economic and corporate information. Lingling Wei of… Read More

American car companies want to use Chinese battery technology in their new plants. Despite intense political opposition, the U.S. might have no other choice Read More

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In this week's episode of The Signal, Lizzi Lee speaks with Anne Stevenson-Yang, the co-founder of J Capital Research, about the broadening of the anti espionage laws in China and how it wil… Read More

Urban police officers, who are among China’s most despised law enforcers, have given their newly launched rural equivalent a bad name Read More

Allegations of inappropriate behavior in Shi Hang's interactions with coworkers and fans contrast with his public reputation as an ally for women’s rights. In social media posts defend… Read More

For most of her life, Wang Youqin has strived to document victims of the Cultural Revolution, telling their stories without sentimentality or — in many cases, when the victims were als… Read More

Tourism boomed over China’s May Day holiday. It’s a good sign for the country’s economic recovery Read More

This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Andrew Stokols, a Ph.D. researcher at MIT who has been studying the “techno-natural utopia” that the Chinese government is now building a h… Read More

Uyghurs have been detained on spurious charges in Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Thailand, and Turkey, as the governments of those countries attempt to curry favor with Beijing Read More

"The question I shall discuss is how members of the Communist Party should cultivate and temper themselves," Liu Shaoqi wrote in the early days of the Chinese Communist Party. Is anyone stil… Read More

Activist Abduweli Ayup is attempting to keep Uyghur culture alive by teaching the younger generation their history and heritage Read More

A Chinese national is out on bail in Pakistan after he was arrested for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad. His rare release comes amid a growing number of blasphemy cases in the count… Read More

In some fan circles on the Chinese internet, male celebrities are being reimagined with feminine traits in edited images and erotic literature. For female fans, the online trend is their sta… Read More

China's greatest train hijacking, by a band of outlaws calling themselves the Autonomous Army, changed the Republic of China Read More

Last week, Ya Ya the panda returned to Shanghai after spending 20 years in Memphis. Her arrival marked the end of a drawn-out saga that turned political, renewing an old question of whether… Read More

The portraits in Chen's series "Freezing Land" feature people he discovered on Kuaishou, a popular Chinese video app with millions of users mostly in third and fourth-tier cities. The projec… Read More

Last week, Beijing broadened the scope of its anti-espionage law. Some fear that it will create a more hostile environment for foreign individuals and organizations operating in China Read More

This is a conversation with Ma Jun, author of China’s Water Crisis and founder of a leading non-governmental organization whose interactive Blue Map app has armed 3.8 million Chinese c… Read More

Exhausted by the rat race, more and more young Chinese professionals are choosing to move back in with their parents and become "full-time offspring." Are they checking out of society or fin… Read More

Ding Liren won the World Chess Championship in dramatic fashion, defeating Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in a fourth tiebreaker Read More

Optical systems are crucial to the high-tech machines China needs to manufacture advanced semiconductors. But Chinese optics firms are reliant on foreign supply chains that are coming under… Read More

China wants to recalibrate its relationship with the countries of Europe, dealing with them separately from America. In the latest in the China’s World series, Duncan Bartlett consider… Read More

China’s 2013 hack of U.S. government personnel records exposed American LinkedIn users with security clearance to recruitment and blackmail. But how much does the U.S. really have to w… Read More

China's hottest new city is a combination of geography, timing, people, and a bit of luck Read More

Ding Liren and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi are currently engaged in a heavyweight chess fight, with the game's biggest prize at stake. The two men sit tied in points after 13 games, wi… Read More

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Although Tianya’s shutdown has not been officially confirmed, heartfelt tributes have already begun to pour in on Chinese social media Read More

Over 1,300 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Sudan, some by warship. The conflict between two rival local factions is raging on, but Beijing is unlikely to reprise its role as a med… Read More

There have been multiple reports of Chinese trawlers off the coast of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The Chinese consul-general in Karachi has says they have not engaged in illegal f… Read More

A recent House of Lords panel in the U.K. drew attention to the way China, among other countries, abuses the global Red Notice system that was originally set up to stop criminals from fleein… Read More

This week on Sinica, an Earth Day special: Kaiser chats with Marilyn Waite, managing director of the Climate Finance Fund; Alex Wang, a UCLA law professor who specializes in China climate an… Read More

Former president of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou visited China earlier this month, on a ten day bridge-building amidst worsening cross-strait relations. The reactions to his visit however show a wide… Read More

The Little Red Book was everywhere during the Cultural Revolution, waved enthusiastically more than it was read closely, perhaps, but still a symbol of utmost importance Read More

The latest reminder of how Chinese food delivery apps continue to exploit their employees Read More

ByteDance is financed by billions of dollars from global — in particular American — investors. This complicates the conventional notion of ByteDance being a ‘Chinese compan… Read More

After months of speculation about a call between Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the two leaders finally talked today. The conversation was moral support for Ukraine, but Xi gave no indi… Read More

While it remains technically legal to hold cryptocurrencies in China, trading them is illegal as the government does not want to be held liable for crypto investors who get scammed out of th… Read More

Xi Jinping took visiting French president Emmanuel Macron for a pas de deux in the Pines in a garden originally built for Chairman Mao. Macron was suitably impressed, and said all the right… Read More

The Yellow Flower Mound Uprising, also known as the the Second Guangzhou Uprising, may have failed, but its legacy is now celebrated in mainstream Chinese culture. Here's how it happened Read More

Ya Ya, a giant panda at the Memphis Zoo, will return to China at the end of this month. Many on Chinese social media are celebrating this development, especially after Ya Ya’s partner… Read More

Polar sea ice is melting at an unprecedented rate, potentially freeing up access to faster shipping routes and vast natural resources in the Arctic. China has its eyes on those lucrative opp… Read More

What makes a work of art queer? Sometimes it’s a touch of camp, a nod to drag, an urge to turn convention on its head. In the work of Hui Ma, it’s just rainbows and sex Read More