Tag: China

How China and Xi Jinping Have Turned on the Outside World

The miracle of modern China was built on global connections, a belief that sending young people, companies and…

Justice Dept. Is Set to Modify Trump-Era Program Aimed at Fighting Chinese Threats

Such losses often fuel the Chinese propaganda machine and hurt U.S. interests. “Every case that goes south, especially…

Bond Between China and Russia Alarms U.S. and Europe Amid Ukraine Crisis

Mr. Xi and Mr. Putin have denounced the initiatives. They have long seen those two main strategic prongs…

Why China Doesn’t Have an mRNA Vaccine for Covid

China has done everything in its power to keep the virus outside its borders and protect its people…

How China Uses Bots and Fake Twitter Accounts to Shape the Olympics

This article is published with ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative newsroom.BEIJING — Inside the Potemkin village of China’s propaganda,…

Who Is the Real China? Eileen Gu or the Chained Woman?

Two women have dominated Chinese social media during the Beijing Winter Olympics.One is Eileen Gu, the 18-year-old skier…

50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’

In part because of the central role they play in U.S.-China geopolitics, pandas have benefited from quality medical…

Blinken Says U.S. Has a ‘Long-Term Future’ in the Pacific Islands

NADI, Fiji — As the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Fiji in 36 years, Antony J.…

Zhu Yi and the Harsh Scrutiny of Naturalized Athletes in China

[Follow our live coverage of Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu at the Winter Olympics.]For two days, social media…

Li Wenliang, Doctor Who Warned of Covid, Is Still Mourned in China

Two years after the death of Li Wenliang, the doctor who tried to warn China about the coronavirus…

In Beijing, Olympic Spectacle and Global Power Games

BEIJING — China’s leader, Xi Jinping, opened an Olympic Games on Friday intended to celebrate his country’s increasingly…

Freeskier Eileen Gu Will Compete for China in the Olympics

Gu has impressed Chinese fans with her successes, charmed them with her knowledge of Chinese culture and endeared…