Good evening. Jake Sullivan made moves for the Biden administration this week in China, including meeting with Xi Jinping. But with less than ten weeks until the election it’s hard not to wonder: What comes next? For our cover story this week, we surveyed some of the best and brightest China watchers to get a sense of what the China priorities should be for the next U.S. president as well as how Beijing might react. Elsewhere, we have infographics about China’s banker blues; an interview with Jeffrey Ding about AI and the fourth industrial revolution; a reported piece on the hottest new video game that could transform China’s gaming industry; and an op-ed about the importance of getting U.S.-China history right. If you’re not already a paid subscriber to The Wire, please sign up here.
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China Policy: What Comes Next?
Is it time for the U.S. to temper its policies towards China? Or is the U.S. just hitting its stride? With the election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris just around the corner, we asked more than a dozen experts and policy makers: Where should the next U.S. president go from here?
The Big Picture: China’s Banker Blues
China’s finance professionals are having to accept their days of high pay may be numbered. This week’s infographics by Aaron Mc Nicholas look at the salaries — and nuances — of executives at China’s biggest banks.
A Q&A with Jeffrey Ding
Jeffrey Ding is an assistant professor of political science at George Washington University. He is the author of a new book on emerging technologies and great power competition called Technology and the Rise of Great Powers, as well as author of the ChinAI newsletter, an indispensable source for news and analysis on developments in China’s AI industry. In this week’s Q&A with Eliot Chen, he tells us why we shouldn’t just focus on how good countries are at innovation — but how well they adopt new technologies.
Jeffrey Ding
Illustration by Kate Copeland
How Wukong’s Success Could Transform China’s Video Games Industry
A game based on a classic Chinese novel has gained global popularity while meeting Beijing’s vision for the sector’s future. Eliot Chen reports.
Why Reading U.S.-China History Right Matters
Those who argue that U.S. policymakers “allowed” China to rise too easily may overestimate Washington’s power. That misjudgment, argues Ali Wyne in this week’s op-ed, has implications for future American policy.
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