We surveyed Chinese economists and analysts for the year ahead. Here’s what they told us.

We asked 51 China watchers for the best book on the country they’ve read this year.

Cute dolls and video games have done more to boost ‘Cool China’ on the global stage than decades of state-led efforts.

Cheng Li-Wun’s surprising rise to the top of the Kuomintang speaks to powerful political currents stirring in Taiwan at a grassroots level.

Superpower policies toward Africa ahead of the G20 showcase how Beijing makes inroads, even by default.

The country is bucking economists’ predictions, with huge consequences for the developing world.

The danger for Washington is that China, sensing US weakness, will start weaponizing its other industrial strengths.

For more than 50 years, what appeared to be smart policy at the time had troubling consequences for the US.

China is moving fast and slow at the same time, making the current spat with the US a sideshow to the real issue.

Washington did not heed the lessons of an episode a generation ago. Now it’s paying the price.

The ‘lawyerly state versus engineering state’ framing creates a false binary.

Despite the bellicose rhetoric often emanating from the White House and Capitol Hill, don’t be surprised if the two sides reach a pragmatic deal.