List of East Asia articles
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A young man holding a phone casts a shadow as he walks by an ad for social media company TikTok in Berlin. What TikTok Has on You
The social media app’s data collection practices are not unlike its competitors’, but its links to China add a sinister layer to the debate.
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Patients are treated in a hospital in Beijing. COVID-Ravaged Chinese Public Is Desperate for Paxlovid
Beijing failed to prepare antiviral supplies before new outbreak.
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The Evergrande Changqing community in China The Chinese Communist Party Wants the Property Bubble Back
Personal and political fortunes were made in two decades of real estate madness.
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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (C) visits a military base in Chiayi. Taiwan’s Government Has a Messaging Crisis on China
Electoral shock showed that voters have other worries than Beijing’s threat.
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A semiconductor manufacturing plant is seen in Japan. Japan Bets Big on Bringing Semiconductor Manufacturing Home
An ambitious state-backed industrial plan targets both growth and China.
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A resident looks through a hole in the fence from inside a locked-down area in Beijing under covid-19 restrictions. China’s COVID-19 Failure Isn’t a Win for Democracy
The pandemic years strained every system of government.
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A Panzerhaubitze 2000 tank howitzer fires during a mission in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Lessons for the Next War
Twelve experts weigh in on how to prevent, deter, and—if necessary—fight the next conflict.
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A Nachi automobile assembly line model on display during the 5th China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov. 7, 2022. Corporations Can’t Ignore Geopolitics Anymore
The global division into competing blocs comes at a high price for multinationals.
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A black-and-white-photo of soldiers running off of boats with guns. It’s Time for South Korea to Acknowledge Its Atrocities in Vietnam
Seoul and Hanoi can no longer ignore a fraught part of their history.
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Patients with COVID-19 lie in beds at Tangshan Gongren Hospital in China's northeastern city of Tangshan. The Chinese Public Doesn’t Know Who to Trust Anymore
Amid rampant COVID outbreaks, people are confused and scared.
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A military propaganda image appears on a giant screen in Beijing on May 18, 2021. 5 Ways the U.S.-China Cold War Will Be Different From the Last One
Guardrails and statesmanship will be even more important this time around.
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A picture of China's President Xi Jinping with a face mask is displayed as people visit an exhibition about China's fight against Covid in Wuhan on Jan. 15, 2021. China’s Government Is a Self-Made COVID-19 Victim
The country’s pandemic experience should be remembered as a political, not a public health, catastrophe.
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The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok office in Culver City, California. Tick-Tock, TikTok
The Biden administration has dragged its feet on restricting the Chinese-owned app, but pressure is building for far more drastic measures.
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War game designer and expert Major Tom Mouat oversees a “One China” game at the U.K. Defence Academy How Would a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Play Out?
War-gamers plan for Taiwan’s D-Day.
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Supporters of Wayne Chiang, great-grandson of the late President Chiang Kai-shek from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), hold flags while listening to his election campaign in New Taipei City on Nov. 5. How Much Time Does Taiwan Have?
Recent negotiations and elections may put off Chinese aggression.
