China
The Sporting Scene
What Qinwen Zheng Could Mean for Tennis, and for China
The player known as Queenwen won Olympic Gold, and is moving through the early rounds of the U.S. Open.
By Louisa Thomas
Persons of Interest
A Chinese Memoirist’s Exile in Las Vegas
Gao Ertai hasn’t returned to his homeland in years, but his memoirs have made him a new model of resistance.
By Ian Johnson
Dispatch
Reimagining China in Tokyo
A new community of expats is opening bookstores, attending lectures, and imagining alternatives to Xi from the relative safety of Japan.
By Chang Che
Essay
How Members of the Chinese Diaspora Found Their Voices
In the past few years, many Chinese people living abroad have found themselves transformed by the experience of protest.
By Han Zhang
The Financial Page
Car Wars
Is China’s electric-vehicle industry a threat to the U.S., or something to learn from?
By John Cassidy
Daily Comment
The Shadow of Tiananmen Falls on Hong Kong
The anniversary of the massacre coincides with verdicts in the trial of the pro-democracy activists known as the Hong Kong 47.
By Evan Osnos
The Political Scene Podcast
Why Vladimir Putin’s Family Is Learning Mandarin
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.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
The United States Passed a Ban on TikTok. Why?
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.
Infinite Scroll
A TikTok Ban Won’t Fix Social Media
You can take the platform away from American users, but it is far too late to contain the habits that it has unleashed.
By Kyle Chayka
Infinite Scroll
The Dada Era of Internet Memes
How the viral TikToks of a Chinese glycine factory elucidate our increasingly chaotic digital environment.
By Kyle Chayka
Dispatch
The Aftermath of China’s Comedy Crackdown
Standup flourished during the pandemic. Now performers fear the state—and audience members.
By Chang Che
Dispatch
Crossing the Taiwan Strait with the U.S. Navy
In disputed waters, Chinese and American vessels vie for dominance.
By Dexter Filkins
Daily Comment
What Comes After Panda Diplomacy?
Biden meets with President Xi as U.S.-China relations get less warm and fuzzy.
By Robin Wright
Culture Desk
“Death of a Salesman” Reborn, This Time in Mandarin
A new play turns Arthur Miller’s experience of directing the play in Beijing into a bilingual meditation on cross-cultural encounters.
By Han Zhang
The New Yorker Documentary
“Squid Fleet” Takes You Into the Opaque World of Chinese Fishing
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.
News Desk
The Uyghurs Forced to Process the World’s Fish
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.
By Ian Urbina
This Week in Fiction
Shuang Xuetao on Labor and the Heart
The author discusses “Heart,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.
By Dennis Zhou
Q. & A.
Did Authoritarianism Cause China’s Economic Crisis?
An erosion of trust between the government and its people now threatens the country’s decades-long boom.
By Isaac Chotiner
Our Columnists
China’s Economic Miracle Is Turning Into a Long Slog
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.
By John Cassidy
Rabbit Holes
Li Ziqi’s Online Pastoral Poetics
Millions of people subscribed to her vision of an idyllic rural existence. Who was she, and why did she disappear?
By Oscar Schwartz