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Remember the 'Thucydides Trap'? The Chinese Do; Trump Clearly Does Not
In my cover story in the December issue of the magazine, on how the United States should prepare for the…
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The Resentment at the Heart of Today’s Philippine-U.S. Tensions
Through many decades the consciousness, the cultural and immigration-pattern links, the economic relations, and most other international connections from people…
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David vs. Goliath in the South China Sea: David Wins, at Least This Round
The ruling this morning by Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague in favor of the Philippines, and very strongly…
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Rob Schmitz, on the ‘Street of Eternal Happiness’
Last night, at the Atlantic’s offices in Washington, I had a chance to interview my friend Rob Schmitz, longtime Marketplace…
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Could There Ever be an ‘American Alibaba’? Jack Ma’s Biographer Explains What It Would Take
A few days ago I posted a first round of questions-and-answers with Duncan Clark, a longtime analyst of and participant…
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The Spirit of China, in Pint-Sized Form
I'm not sure exactly how old the toddler in this wildly popular new video is. Maybe three…
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How to Understand Alibaba, ‘The House That Jack Ma Built’
During the years my wife Deb and I lived in China, we became friends with Duncan Clark, an investment banker…
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Adventures With Orwell, Modern China Edition
Who says the cult of personality might be getting out of hand, or has any familiar overtones? Thanks…
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Wikimedia A Small Bit of Positive News From China
Some reformers in China feel defeated. Here are four young people who are full of hope.
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More on Chinese and American Schools
Two days ago I mentioned an interesting site by a high school student named Jocelyn Reckford, who had spent…
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Chinese and American Education: First-Hand Compare-and-Contrast
The American public is hearing a lot about the values imparted by U.S. education at the moment, from…
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Is the New Chinese Airliner a Kind of Flying iPhone?
Earlier this week China’s state commercial-aerospace company, known as COMAC, rolled out the new C919 airliner it has been…
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China Launches the C919! Should Boeing and Airbus Look Out?
Today the long-planned Chinese rival to Boeing and Airbus, the C919, made its debut in Shanghai. Huzzah…
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When Does a Reef Become an Island, and Other Mysteries of the South China Sea
For anyone following the action in the South China Sea, as laid out in the previous posts collected in this…
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The Right Way to Enforce Freedom of Navigation in the South China Sea
Last night I offered a brief reading list about the long-building naval showdown in the South China Sea, plus…
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“U's On First?” More on the Wacky 十三五 Video
Yesterday I mentioned a delightfully weird English-language Chinese soft-power / propaganda video, all about “The 十三五 .” As explained earlier, this…
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If You're Thinking About a Looming Naval-Warfare Showdown in the South China Sea ...
… here are a few things to read: 1) “China Announces the U.S.’s Spratly…
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Today in Chinese Soft-Power Surreality: The 十三五 !
Last night the online China-watcher world was erupting in delight over the video you can watch below. It raises questions…
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The Significance of a Nobel Prize for a Chinese Scientist
The commanding heights of international prestige have outsized importance to societies on the way up. And understandably so. …
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A Map That Shows China's Worst Problem, and One That Shows America's
As I have mentioned over the years, most recently here, environmental sustainability in all its forms is China’s toughest challenge…
