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At one of China’s leading universities, students are finding ways to protest inaction against sexual harassment despite the authorities trying to shut them down.
Raw materials are crucial to the electric vehicle (EV) industry, and China is already way ahead of other countries in securing access to the metals needed for batteries and other components. Latin ...
China is undergoing a great experiment — tightly controlled and driven by big data — that it hopes will offer an alternative way of protecting the planet. For all our sakes, let’s hope it works.
"Red Star Over China" was a massive coup for the young American journalist Edgar Snow. The book is still a gripping read, but it is also an abject lesson in the pitfalls of access in China.
China enacted its one-child policy in 1980. It was met with wildly divergent opinions, and resulted in suffering and trauma on a scale that family planners never anticipated.
In the first part of this series, we examined how to think about generative AI and China, including regulatory issues. In this installment, we will examine how leading generative AI companies in China ...
Zhāng Léi 张雷 is the founder and CEO of Envision Energy, one of the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers. It’s a privately held company that also owns the fastest electric car racing team in the ...
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Lyle Goldstein, the director for China engagement at the think tank Defense Priorities. Goldstein offers his perspectives on an extensive wargaming exercise ...
China’s homegrown beverage chain Luckin Coffee has for the first time eclipsed global coffee juggernaut Starbucks in domestic sales, according to industry and corporate reports, a milestone propelled ...
Pickleball has enjoyed a boom in popularity in recent years, particularly in the U.S. and certain European countries. But it wasn't until recent months that the sport took off in China.
China’s military is most likely to build its second overseas naval base in Sri Lanka, according to a new report that studied where Chinese commercial firms have invested most heavily in establishing ...
The war in Ukraine provides an opportunity for the Middle Corridor to become an alternative to the Russian route. Initially, China has been hesitant to embrace the idea, but as the war protracts, the ...