Spring 2023 · Issue 27
Broken China?
The pandemic and the Ukraine War have dramatically changed China and its strategy. How should the West respond?
The pandemic and the Ukraine War have dramatically changed China and its strategy. How should the West respond?
In this issue
Editor's Note
Jonathan Tepperman
Can China recover from zero-Covid?
Yanzhong Huang
China is trying to reopen. But President Xi Jinping is undermining his own attempts to rebuild the economy.
China’s charm offensive
Yun Sun
Beijing’s economic problems have forced it to adopt a less aggressive foreign policy. It won’t last.
How China affects you
Jessica Ludwig, Chris Walsh
From Hollywood to the NBA, China’s influence over U.S. businesses and citizens is growing – far more than most Americans realize. Here’s how to protect ourselves.
Interview Leading the charge: A conversation with Rep. Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
Congress’ new point man on China explains the art of deterrence, selective decoupling, and how to get tough while avoiding war.
Protection without protectionism
Victor Cha
China uses its economic power to punish its trade partners. But the West can play that game too.
China’s Russia strategy
Alexander Gabuev
Putin’s war on Ukraine has forced him to depend on China like never before. Beijing is happy to help – and to take advantage of its new power.
Taiwan and the art of societal resilience
Elisabeth Braw
Ukraine, Finland, and Sweden all show how even a relatively small state can defend itself against a giant enemy.
China’s high-tech genocide
Nury Turkel
Beijing is wiping out the Uyghurs – yet Washington and its allies are sitting on the sidelines.
Review The China that could have been
J.H. Cullum Clark
Two new books question whether Beijing and Washington were destined for conflict. Julian Gewirtz, Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s. Belknap Press, October 2022, 432 pp. Stephen Roach, Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives. Yale University Press, November 2022, 448 pp.
Review Beijing’s war on history
Igor Khrestin
The Cultural Revolution still shapes China today – even as the government tries to erase its memory. Tania Branigan, Red Memory: The Afterlives of the Cultural Revolution. W. W. Norton & Company, May 2023, 304 pp.