China Is Now the World’s Climate Champion China Is Now the World’s Climate Champion
The news out of COP30 does not engender much hope, but China’s embrace of renewable energy shows that climate protection makes smart economic sense.
Nov 18, 2025 / Paul Hockenos
Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fanaticism Is Surrendering the Future to China Trump’s Fossil Fuel Fanaticism Is Surrendering the Future to China
If the planet is to survive, the future needs to be green. China seems to get that—but the US is blowing it.
Aug 1, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Chinese Transnational Repression Is a Real Issue—but Shujun Wang Is a Bad Example Chinese Transnational Repression Is a Real Issue—but Shujun Wang Is a Bad Example
Our government spent almost a decade chasing a professor they thought was a spy. The case raises questions about our ability to pursue real perpetrators of China’s crimes.
Jun 17, 2025 / Timothy McLaughlin
Labor Has a China Problem—but Not the One You Think Labor Has a China Problem—but Not the One You Think
Faced with Trump and neoliberalism, American unions are embracing one of their oldest, most dangerous tendencies: Sinophobia.
Apr 16, 2025 / Promise Li
The Old World Order Is Dying. What New World Order Is Struggling to Be Born? The Old World Order Is Dying. What New World Order Is Struggling to Be Born?
Some of the world’s largest, oldest empires are collapsing before our eyes, with no clear sign of what will happen next.
Jan 2, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
What to Expect With Trump’s Future China Policy What to Expect With Trump’s Future China Policy
China is considered the Big One by those in Trump’s entourage responsible for devising foreign policy.
Dec 23, 2024 / Michael T. Klare
Not All Liberals Hate Trump Not All Liberals Hate Trump
From China and the Middle East to immigration, all too many liberals have already moved inexorably rightward. Count on them to quietly support some of Trump’s policies.
Dec 19, 2024 / John Feffer
The New Cold War in the Pacific Is Dangerously Close to Heating Up The New Cold War in the Pacific Is Dangerously Close to Heating Up
Bristling with armaments and seemingly strong, the current ad hoc Western coalition may yet prove, like NATO, vulnerable to sudden setbacks from rising partisan pressure...
Oct 18, 2024 / Alfred McCoy
Meet the Global Arms Sellers Meet the Global Arms Sellers
A dispatch from the largest weapons expo outside of Paris.
Jul 1, 2024 / Harrison Stetler
What’s Old About Biden? (It Isn’t His Age.) What’s Old About Biden? (It Isn’t His Age.)
His foreign policy ideas are tired.
Jun 13, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel