How Western Fears of a 'Population Bomb' Helped Birth China's Hated One-Child Policy
How overblown Western fears of a 'population bomb' helped birth China's hated one-child policy.
David Bosco
Rosa Brooks
Thanassis Cambanis
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laurie Garrett
Kim Ghattas
Julia Ioffe
Leela Jacinto
Whitney Kassel
Jeffrey Lewis
Aaron David Miller
Suzanne Nossel
Thomas E. Ricks
David Rothkopf
Kori Schake
Emile Simpson
James Stavridis
Bruce Stokes
James Traub
Stephen M. Walt
Lauren Wolfe
Michela Wrong
Micah Zenko
Where Did Chinese State Media Get All Those Facebook Followers?
People's Daily is surging on a social media platform Chinese citizens can't even access.
China’s Your Country, We Just Live in It
Tracking a viral, slightly subversive meme in Chinese cyberspace.
Can China's Unorthodox Environmental Minister Tackle Its Massive Pollution Problems?
Can the country’s unorthodox environmental minister tackle its massive pollution problems?
Even for Show Trials like that of Zhou Yongkang, China Recruits Top Legal Talent
Even for show trials like that of Zhou Yongkang, China recruits top legal talent to “defend” its fallen officials.
China’s Hot New Luxury Item: the SAT
Wealthy Chinese students are ditching the country’s infamous college entrance exam and taking America’s standardized test instead.
Chinese Censorship of Western Books Is Now Normal. Where’s the Outrage?
I spent months investigating how Chinese publishers slice out material — and how Western writers respond with a shrug.
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Chinese Fugitives
Forty percent of China's 100 most-wanted allegedly reside Stateside. Is Beijing trying to nudge Washington to step up cooperation?
China Has Its Own Anti-Vaxxers. Blame the Internet.
Misinformation and mistrust are endangering the country's vaccination program.
How to Top China’s Best-Seller List Without Really Trying
A celebrity endorsement has fueled "The Kite Runner" nine years after its China debut.
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About Alexa Olesen
Alexa Olesen was a foreign correspondent for the Associate Press in Beijing for eight years and has been a reporter for Foreign Policy. She now works for ChinaSix, a New York-based consulting firm.
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