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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.
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.
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.
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.
The Financial Page

Car Wars

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

The Dada Era of Internet Memes

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

The Aftermath of China’s Comedy Crackdown

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

Crossing the Taiwan Strait with the U.S. Navy

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

What Comes After Panda Diplomacy?

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

Shuang Xuetao on Labor and the Heart

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