Commentary / World May 20, 2022

What justifies China’s 'COVID Zero' policy?

In the years since COVID-19’s emergence, China has devised and implemented a highly effective disease-outbreak response system.

Commentary / World Mar 27, 2022

Beijing is hedging its bets against geopolitical shock

U.S. efforts to slow Beijing's ascension on the global stage will not have a lasting impact, let alone stop China’s economic and technological rise.

Commentary / World Dec 23, 2021

Turning inward: Why China continues to rise

The heyday of globalization soon could be replaced by a post-pandemic era shaped by national-security concerns and border controls.

Commentary / World Aug 4, 2021

China’s unavoidable financial rise

Many economists in the West did not see China's massive growth coming, and its influence is now becoming impossible to ignore.

Commentary / World May 23, 2021

What explains America’s antagonism toward China?

In the last few years, the view of China as a strategic rival has taken over the American political mainstream, with leaders largely choosing confrontation over cooperation.

Commentary / World Mar 29, 2021

China’s accelerating fertility crisis

China has always been cautious about loosening family-planning rules. But, if it is to sustain its economic dynamism in the decades to come, it must work hard to expand its labor force.

Commentary / World Jan 18, 2021

Biden should end the trade war with China

Instead of upholding Trump’s confrontational China policy, Biden should accept China’s central role in the global economy, and pursue a mutually beneficial trade agreement.

Commentary / World Nov 24, 2020

A tale of two Chinese cities: Shenzhen and Shanghai

Shanghai and Shenzhen are both vital to China’s economic future. But neither is more important than the other and each has a unique role to play.

Commentary / World Jan 3, 2020

China's damaging policy disruptions

Like an overprotective parent, China's central government needs to learn to let go.