China

The player known as Queenwen won Olympic Gold, and is moving through the early rounds of the U.S. Open.

Gao Ertai hasn’t returned to his homeland in years, but his memoirs have made him a new model of resistance.

A new community of expats is opening bookstores, attending lectures, and imagining alternatives to Xi from the relative safety of Japan.

In the past few years, many Chinese people living abroad have found themselves transformed by the experience of protest.

Is China’s electric-vehicle industry a threat to the U.S., or something to learn from?

The anniversary of the massacre coincides with verdicts in the trial of the pro-democracy activists known as the Hong Kong 47.

During the last few weeks, American political discourse has been consumed by what’s happening inside a New York City courtroom. But the world outside it hasn’t stopped.

Is TikTok the killer app of social media—or a Trojan horse sent by the enemy? Two views on the recent ban. Plus, salmon in the dishwasher, and more highlights of culinary TikTok.

You can take the platform away from American users, but it is far too late to contain the habits that it has unleashed.

How the viral TikToks of a Chinese glycine factory elucidate our increasingly chaotic digital environment.

Standup flourished during the pandemic. Now performers fear the state—and audience members.

In disputed waters, Chinese and American vessels vie for dominance.

Biden meets with President Xi as U.S.-China relations get less warm and fuzzy.

A new play turns Arthur Miller’s experience of directing the play in Beijing into a bilingual meditation on cross-cultural encounters.

A film by Ed Ou and Will N. Miller uses a fictional narrative based on investigative reporting, and real footage, to capture gritty work at sea.

China forces minorities from Xinjiang to work in industries around the country. As it turns out, this includes handling much of the seafood sent to America and Europe.

The author discusses “Heart,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.

An erosion of trust between the government and its people now threatens the country’s decades-long boom.

As consumer prices fall and other signs of weakness emerge, fears are growing that the world’s second-largest economy could be heading toward an extended slump.

Millions of people subscribed to her vision of an idyllic rural existence. Who was she, and why did she disappear?