China
News and analysis about China, a country with the world’s second-largest economy, a terrible record on human rights, and global ambitions.
He’s teaching some dangerous lessons to China and Russia.
Xi Jinping is eliminating the people who might be willing to say no to him.
Why the nation’s movies, video games, and toys went global in 2025.
2025 was the year China showed it could go toe-to-toe with the US in an economic war.
China hawks were no match for the world’s most valuable company.
How Chinese hackers tricked Claude into hacking governments and companies all on its own.
A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting.
Many used to worry about China’s power over the app — but American control is troubling, too.
There’s a new “axis” in town. This time, it might be real.
Eighty years after Hiroshima, the idea that nuclear war can be controlled is making a comeback.
Rapid changes from AI may be coming far faster than you imagine.
The end of the de minimis exemption, briefly explained.
Could it make a real war more likely?
The latest on the trade war.
The inconvenient truth about trade.
Is America remaking the global economy or leaving it to its rival?
Plus 6 other questions about Trump’s tariffs, answered.
“You couldn’t have drafted these conditions better if you were a Chinese diplomat.”
And also more questions.
How America’s opioid crisis became a foreign policy issue.
His business empire needs the Chinese government — and that could warp American policy.
But can the rest of us trust it?
Nuclear guardrails are falling apart — and Donald Trump is about to retake the launch codes.
What the hot new Chinese AI product means — and what it doesn’t.
The DeepSeek saga that’s transforming AI, explained
The Taiwan invasion everyone fears might never happen. Here’s what could take place instead.
New tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China could make life more expensive.
Thrills, cautious optimism, stony silence: How allies, partners, and adversaries reacted to Trump’s win.
Would Harris differ from Biden? Nobody knows.
From shipping lanes to airspace to undersea cables, globalization is under physical attack.
The FBI is now investigating the former president’s claim of Iranian interference with his campaign.
The US ambassador to Beijing talks to Vox about trade, Taiwan, climate, and the world’s most important relationship.
The trickiest country for American foreign policy right now is ... America.
The world population could peak in your lifetime.
Wars are getting more common and militaries are building up. There’s just one thing missing.
It says more about Netflix than it does about China.
From Taiwan to South Korea to Silicon Valley, some of the most important nodes in the global tech economy are in disaster-prone places.
Ukraine’s drone innovations have changed how the US is planning for a war with China.
21 years ago, half a million Hong Kongers took to the streets to stop Article 23. This month, Beijing finally won.