China’s Innovation Renovation
Zhongguancun, a neighborhood in Beijing, has long been called 'China's Silicon Valley.' But after achieving remarkable success, Zhongguancun is now undergoing something of a makeover...
Building New China
Among the handful of truly global architecture firms, the New York-based Kohn Pedersen Fox has distinguished itself in China, designing some of the country’s most...
Born to Run
After capitalizing on China's crypto boom, Binance CEO "CZ" fled China just in the nick of time. But critics say he's been running ever since,...
Fall Guy
After the U.S. government started investigating ZTE for sanctions violations, the company's American General Counsel, Ashley Yablon, turned to the FBI and spilled the billion...
The Chip Champion?
Determined to keep China locked out of the chip supply chain, the U.S. government is doubling down on efforts to reshore advanced semiconductor manufacturing. But...
Friedland’s Revenge
Robert Friedland says the renewable energy transition won’t be achieved without people like him digging up the critical metals needed “to electrify the world economy.”...
Xi’s Dangerous Decade
Even before the war in Ukraine, the 2020s were poised to be a decade of living dangerously. Now Russia’s invasion has underscored the crisis looming...
China’s Ukraine Calculus
For a month now, China has tried to stay out of the Russia-Ukraine war — insisting that it is "not a party" to the situation....
Hard Knocks
Last summer, when Beijing effectively banned private tutoring companies, an entire industry was wiped out in a single day. Yu Minhong, the CEO of New...
Security Clearance
Last year, the notorious mercenary Erik Prince stepped down from FSG, the Hong Kong private security company he founded in 2014 that has since been...
The Thornton Touch
Since his retirement from Goldman Sachs in 2003, John Thornton has done everything in his power to be seen as a trusted intermediary between the...
The Censorship Circus
In an excerpt from his new book, Isaac Stone Fish argues that the Chinese Communist Party's influence has permeated American society so much that many...