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Julien De Rosa / AFP / Getty I’m Sorry, but This COVID Policy Is Ridiculous
The recent attempt to limit the spread of disease from China makes no sense at all.
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Alamy / The Atlantic Why Beijing Wants Jimmy Lai Locked Up
Tightening its grip on Hong Kong, China is determined to make an example of the prodemocracy media tycoon.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Photos Courtesy of … My Mother Just Died of COVID in Wuhan
She was one of millions left virtually defenseless by China’s sudden abandonment of its failing zero-COVID policy.
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic; Getty How China Is Using Vladimir Putin
Xi Jinping said his country and Putin’s Russia are friends with “no limits.” The reality is more complicated.
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The Atlantic Just How Badly Does Apple Need China?
The tech supply chain is growing more complex.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty Breaking China’s Hold
As Beijing’s ambition of overtaking the American economy stalls, its strategy is shifting to economic coercion. The U.S. must be prepared.
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Cui Jun / VCG / Getty Nasal Vaccines Are Here
Now they’re being used in China. But do they work?
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic China’s War Against Taiwan Has Already Started
How Beijing tries to make a democracy submit without putting up a fight
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Noel CELIS / AFP / Getty; CNS / … Mourning Becomes China
Commemorations of the dearly departed are a licensed form of popular feeling that can make them dangerous moments for the Communist authorities.
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Wang Zhao / AFP / Getty Americans Should Not Be Tempted by China’s COVID Policies
Authoritarian competence might seem appealing for a time. But the costs are too high.
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The Atlantic; Jimmy Beunardeau / Hans Lucas / … Zero COVID’s Failure Is Xi’s Failure
Whatever happens with case counts in China now, one person owns them.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty China’s COVID Wave Is Coming
The world’s most populous nation is being forced onto a zero-COVID off-ramp.
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The Atlantic How to Stop the Next World War
A strategy to restore America’s military deterrence
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Tyler Comrie; The Atlantic / Getty Taiwan Faces Its Ukraine Moment
The island’s people seem blissfully oblivious of a looming conflict with China. The U.S. can’t afford that luxury.
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Anthony Kwan / Getty Change May Be Coming in China
Following nationwide protests, the Chinese government is undertaking a partial rollback of the zero-COVID policy, but the people there are far from free.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty How Many COVID Deaths Will Chinese Protesters Accept?
Strict zero-COVID policies have kept disease from spreading, but at enormous social cost. How far should they be rolled back?
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Jason Lee / Reuters / Redux No Exit From Zero COVID for Xi Jinping
The death of a former leader, Jiang Zemin, is inconvenient for the Chinese Communist regime but unlikely to deter its crackdown on dissent.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty China’s Zero Tolerance for Xi’s COVID Restrictions
The popular defiance is a direct challenge to the Communist Party leader’s authority.
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AUL LOEB / AFP/ Getty The World Could Be Entering a New Era of Climate War
Runaway climate change once seemed like it could spur violence. Now a different risk has emerged.
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Alex Brandon / AP Where U.S.-China Competition Leaves Climate Change
Just because the two powers have every reason to cooperate on the issue doesn’t mean they will.
