Gen Z Has Finally Found Its Karl Marx
The German philosopher’s “Grundrisse” is an indispensable guide to our current chaos—from AI to the rise of China.
Coercive labor is getting less visible, but more intense.
Local tools of party power have been overwhelmed by zero-COVID.
The Chinese leader has taken security worries to a new level.
The Chinese Communist Party’s anniversary celebration is taking place amid a nuclear buildup.
As Beijing cracks down, it turns to familiar tools of repression.
An advocate for China describes why the pandemic has increased his trust in Xi, the party, and Beijing.
The Communist Party’s tools of control made for effective virus-fighting weapons.
Will the Wuhan virus hurt party rule in China?
The coronavirus has killed an early whistleblower. The question now is whether Beijing celebrates his sacrifice—or buries his story.
As the Wuhan virus spreads, access to health care is a critical issue.
Fragments of the wall have become museum pieces. But with the rise of extremist parties in Germany, the debate over the barrier’s legacy is anything but history.
The Communist Party calls 1949 a liberation. But China was far freer beforehand.
The Chinese president’s ambitions can’t be separated from the CCP’s ideology.
Propaganda is getting an upgrade with technological tricks.
The only way to win the next superpower showdown is to understand what exactly caused it.
Seumas Milne loves the Soviet Union, hates the EU, and has the ear of a possible future prime minister.
What does Xu Zhangrun’s punishment mean for hopes of academic freedom?
Xinjiang's detainees are the latest victims of a deep insecurity.
1,200 newly translated poems from Bertolt Brecht offer an unexpected survival guide for difficult times.