Philip Spence

Philip Spence is a pseudonym for a Beijing-based freelance journalist.

Stories by Philip Spence
The Chinese Communist Party app. (Foreign Policy illustration)

How to Cheat at Xi Jinping Thought
Argument |
An AFP collaborator uses the Chinese app TikTok on Dec. 14, 2018 in Paris. (-/AFP/Getty Images)

ByteDance Can’t Outrun Beijing’s Shadow
Argument |
Load more by Philip Spence | Return to staff list
Latest

Iran’s Shifting Afghan Alliances Don’t Fit Easy Narratives

Lebanon Is Broken. So Are Its Protests.

Make Armenia Green Again

Trump’s India Visit Is Mostly About Optics

Coronavirus Begins to Spread Economic Gloom Worldwide
See All Stories

Trending

  1. 1
    How China’s Incompetence Endangered the World
  2. 2
    How Russia Is Prodding Scotland Toward Independence
  3. 3
    The Oslo Accords Are Dead. Should the Palestinian Authority Live On?
  4. 4
    The U.S. and Europe Are Speaking a Different Language on China
  5. 5
    Coronavirus Begins to Spread Economic Gloom Worldwide