Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang province of Northwestern China are living in a police state like no other on earth. Using counter-terrorism as a pre-text, Chinese authorities have rounded up over a million Uighur men and women, forcing them into...
The protests in Hong Kong represent a key turning point for China, Hong Kong, and the world. Hong Kong is in the midst of the most significant protest movement since China assumed sovereignty in 1997. These protests were sparked by...
On December 1st, a business executive named Meng Wangzhou was arrested while transferring through the Vancouver airport. Her arrest came at the request of US authorities, who are seeking her extradition to the United States. Ms Meng is the CFO...
A unique kind of swine fever is spreading rapidly though China. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reports a severe outbreak of a disease called African Swine Fever, or ASF, that may cross Chinese borders and spread throughout Asia. So far,...
In mid-August the UN’s Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said that up to 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China were imprisoned in massive internment camps. Subsequent reporting in places like the Wall Street Journal offered confirmation that Uighurs...
My guest today, Elizabeth Economy, is the author of the new book The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State. The book examines the transformative changes ongoing in China today under the leadership of Xi Jinping. Xi Jingping...
Pollution is not just a nuisance. It can kill people–and by the millions. It also keeps countries worst affected by it poorer and unequal. A new study from The Lancet describes the severe, planetary-scale, harm caused by pollution. Some nine...
Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher or get the app to listen later. It’s called “Thucydides’s Trap” — and the US and China are caught in it. Graham Allison is a legend of international relations. He’s the founding dean of the Harvard Kennedy School and former director...
A summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump sets the stage for the most important bi-lateral relationship in the world. But what is actually on the agenda in Mar-a-Lago this week? And how might US-China relations shift in the coming...
