It’s been celebrated at home and criticized abroad. But there’s an important caveat to the record-breaking data.

China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is now considered to be the largest naval fleet on the planet. In 2024, some eerie figures surrounding China's naval fleet were released in a report by the ...

China manufactures about one third of everything made in the world, and its industrial power is still expanding. Economist Dan Wang talks about the implications of its growth. Diplomats are talking of ...

Space is crucial for national strength, global influence, and future industrial development. During the Cold War, space primarily symbolized technological skill and ideological status. Today, it ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Controlling access to money is no longer the exclusive privilege of the sovereign. Instead, access to money is increasingly governed through ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. It is not hard to find evidence of China’s massive trade surplus. China’s exports ...

Health officials in Guangdong province in southern China are waging an all-out war against mosquitoes in response to an outbreak of the chikungunya virus that's sickened thousands with fever, rashes ...

Two economists on the price of playing nice with a superpower. By Jason FurmanOren Cass and Ariel Kaminer Produced by Derek Arthur President Trump’s recent meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi ...

Our biggest adversary is waiting for the West to collapse. Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Sophia Alvarez Boyd Mr. Douthat is an Opinion columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast. A ...

China’s diplomatic anger obeys a law of conservation: the total quantity remains constant, but the targets change. Some countries, notably Canada and South Korea, have recently emerged from China’s ...

On August 17, 12 civilian vessels are located in their home waters off the Chinese coast. The vessels will soon set off for a landing beach in Guangdong Province. To trace their movements, Reuters ...

For the last month, NASA’s interim administrator, Sean Duffy, has been giving interviews and speeches around the world, offering a singular message: “We are going to beat the Chinese to the Moon.” ...