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Where China is beating the world
On high-speed rail, EVs, and solar, China is doing truly amazing things.
 • Noah Smith
Chinese Demography
China is shrinking, and is about to shrink more.
 • Noah Smith
Europe is under siege
Menaced by Russia and China, abandoned by America.
 • Noah Smith
Xi Jinping, forever
China has shackled itself to...this one mediocre guy.
 • Noah Smith
Book Review: "Danger Zone"
Getting through the next 10 years of U.S.-China relations
 • Noah Smith
The China evacuation
Companies finally want to leave. But can they afford to?
 • Noah Smith
The U.S. didn't start Cold War 2
A revisionist China smashes the global order at its own peril
 • Noah Smith
China is flailing
The leadership is frantically trying to fine-tune its economic policies, but it isn't helping
 • Noah Smith
Bad and good arguments for industrial policy
Has China invented a better way to run an advanced economy?
 • Noah Smith
Book Review: "Breakneck"
In which Dan Wang offers a compelling theory of China vs. America.
 • Noah Smith
The China 2023 series
All the posts in one handy list
 • Noah Smith
China at the peak
The country's rise is complete, but don't expect a rapid decline.
 • Noah Smith
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