ChinaFile
Articles published in collaboration with ChinaFile, a project run by the Asia Society to promote informed journalism and conversations about China.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Just Held a Huge Literary Party, and No One Came
The rising power was the guest of honor at BookExpo America, but the country's top authors couldn't give their books away.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Should the U.S. Do in the South China Sea?
Beijing continues to push the envelope, and Washington seems stymied. What's a better way forward?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hong Kong’s Not Special
And Beijing should stop perpetuating the self-serving notion that it is.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Climate Change Could Devastate Many of China’s Major Cities
Bye-bye, Shanghai. Three maps show the immense damage rising sea levels could do.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 L’Eggo My NGO!
A draft law designed to counter the influence of foreign organizations may choke Chinese civil society instead.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Bizarre, Centuries-Old Tradition: Corpse-Snatching
Sometimes, even today, it's the only way to hold the bad guys accountable.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Was Nepal a Soft Power Victory for China?
China and India competed to send aid after Nepal's devastating earthquake. Experts discuss whether the strategy was a boon for China's image there.
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China Left Right What it Means to Be ‘Liberal’ or ‘Conservative’ in China
Putting the country's most significant political divide in context.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Disarming the Great Cannon
China thinks its cyberattacks are a defensive maneuver. How can the United States prevent the balkanization of the global Internet?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington’s Big China Screw-up
U.S. efforts to oppose a $50 billion China-led infrastructure bank have backfired. Experts explain why.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Chinese Woman Walks Into a Men’s Room …
… and ends up in the cross-hairs of state security. What happened?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Will China’s Government Collapse?
A look at whether or not the Chinese Communist Party is doomed.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bringing China’s Dying Villages Back to Life
Some of China's most beautiful hamlets are threatened with extinction, but a fledgling tourist industry -- and a facelift -- may save the day.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch China’s Silent Assassin in Action
Air pollution still kills thousands of urban-dwelling Chinese each year. Will it take a generation to change?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Ban on Islamic Veils Is Destined to Fail
A symbol of Uighur identity is likely to become a touchstone of resistance to the Party-state.