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Zhang Feng on China’s New Media
The social media blogger explains how censorship works in the era of WeChat, and talks us through a changing media landscape, in our new column...
Hongbin Li: How the Gaokao Shapes China
The U.S.-based academic discusses why China’s college entrance exam system retains popular support despite its hardships, and how the gaokao’s influence can spread overseas.
Bob Davis on Broken Engagement
In a new e-book from The Wire China, Bob Davis interviews over two dozen Americans who have shaped U.S.-China policy, from Nancy Pelosi to Mike...
Hal Brands on the Axis of Autocracies
The foreign policy expert discusses his new book, why he thinks that China is the most formidable player in an emerging “axis of autocracies” and...
Kublai Khan, from Land to Ocean
Kublai Khan’s Yuan dynasty, like the Mongol empire, is thought of as a land power. A new work of popular history argues that its real...
Dali Yang: How Covid Wasn’t Contained
The author of a new book on the early spread of Covid in Wuhan lays out what political factors prevented alarm bells from going off.
Minxin Pei on China’s Surveillance State
China's surveillance capabilities are often presented as feats of futuristic technology. But its true advantage lies in human networks of informers and state workers.
Arthur Kroeber on China’s Economic Jigsaw
An expert on the Chinese economy tells us why — contrary to media coverage — China’s growth has not yet hit a wall, though it...
Fuchsia Dunlop on Chinese Cuisine
The culinary writer discusses the history and diversity of Chinese food, and how it has been misrepresented in the West.
