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chinafile china journalism current affairs skip to main content chinafile toggle navigation search reporting opinion conversation library multimedia topics contributors notes from chinafile viewpoint features postcard media culture environment caixin media earthbound china my first trip out of school two way street books excerpts reports china in the world podcast sinica podcast the china africa project the nyrb china archive depth of field infographics photo gallery video arts energy law religion society business environment media rural life technology economy health military science urban life education history politics zhou na max duncan isabel hilton james palmer robert daly zha jianying ian johnson see all drew angerer afp getty images a world out of words the making and remakings of jifeng books yangyang cheng the opening of a bookstore rarely makes international headlines but when jf books known in chinese as jifeng seasonal winds opened its doors in washington d c on september 1 2024 the news was covered around the world from the washington post and the economist to der spiegel in germany and the straits times in singapore the stories spoke of repression and rebirth founded in shanghai in 1997 jifeng was a cultural landmark in the chinese metropolis for two decades but was forced read full story mahé elipe in mexico city young chinese women are becoming their own bosses beimeng fu caterina morbiato more as china s global footprint expands zhao is part of a growing cohort of young chinese women building overseas careers and leadership experience at chinese corporations in emerging markets such as mexico it s a crisp day zhao s mission in mexico city is to launch the first and flagship restaurant in the country for a global chinese chain of hot pot restaurants two representatives from the contractor arrive with news the opening once scheduled for december may be pushed to february they read full story courtesy of shen lu picking up the threads shen lu i have lived in sunset park for almost six years a 15 minute walk from my house lands me in the heart of this bustling brooklyn chinatown lined with grocery shops vegetable stands fish mongers and the kind of general stores sporting piles of kitchen utensils household supplies and gardening tools i moved to sunset park for easy access to chinese groceries i couldn t find elsewhere fresh water bamboo whole yellow croaker imported from china freshly made tofu sold in individual read full story ed jones afp getty images are there any good ideas for ai governance a chinafile conversation chris li lizzi c lee more via chinafile conversation aside from the nationalistic debates are there any good ideas for ai governance and regulation emerging from the noise what are the positive developments if any in china and in the u s when it comes to giving citizens the tools to help shape the future development of ai are there good examples of lawmaking or other government activity in either country read full story china photos getty images leaked documents show the success of china s vpn crackdown jessica batke laura edelson via global public policy institute as long as beijing has been censoring content online people in china have been finding ways around that censorship such wall jumpers used to have a relatively easy time getting their hands on the necessary digital tools often this was in the form of a vpn or virtual private network which disguises a user s ultimate online destination to any censor who might be snooping in in recent years however beijing has cracked down on vpns making them less readily accessible to average internet read full story recent stories postcard 06 11 26 my grandmother s hens shen lu when i visited home in january my grandmother showed love the way she always has by offering to cook for me i didn t fully understand the amount of work that went into preparing and cooking eight dishes at once until i started my monthly supper features 06 02 26 asean s u s china balancing act is getting much harder brendan kelly shay wester this balancing act is becoming substantially harder as two opposing forces which have hardened over the past year are reshaping asia s economic landscape the first is the trump administration s tariff and economic security agenda which has viewpoint 06 01 26 we can live with china but drop constructive strategic stability robert daly xi jinping won the agenda for his summit with donald trump before airforce one touched down in beijing america would do it his way trump s cheerfulness and limited ambitions in beijing must have surprised many americans for a decade washington excerpts 05 08 26 what do you need this face to do for you leise hook when i look at my face i see a collection of people hook writes what are you actually means tell me a story that will solve the riddle of your face but i m game she writes i want to be helpful i have the key to the riddle though features 03 06 26 censorship is not deterring global adoption of chinese ai wenhao ma china tech watchers have quickly pointed that chinese llms face an obstacle almost guaranteed to hinder its capability and potential to compete with similar western products censorship but deepseek and other chinese ai companies have proven they media 02 18 26 hǎi profile a conversation with jiaoying summers jiaoying summers jeremy goldkorn jiaoying summers is a stand up comic who is packing theaters around the u s and last year premiered a one hour comedy special on hulu with three and a half million followers across tiktok instagram and youtube she owes much of her success to media 11 04 25 chinafile presents made in ethiopia filmed over four years of intensive interviews and unique access made in ethiopia lifts the curtain on china s historic but misunderstood impact on africa and explores contemporary ethiopia at a moment of profound crisis the film throws audiences features 06 30 25 the locknet how china controls its internet and why it matters jessica batke laura edelson most people know that china censors its internet they ve probably even heard of the great firewall the clever moniker popularly used to describe that censorship but despite its increasing impact on our online lives most people outside china features 11 12 24 trains a chinese family history of railway journeys exile and survival zha jianying every morning i crossed a stretch of railway tracks on the way to my school the tracks lay less than a hundred meters from the school gate and a train often appeared in the late afternoon just as we were discharged sometimes it was a freight explore the site the nyrb china archive 01 10 12 the new york review of books china archive from new york review of books welcome to the new york review of books china archive a collaborative project of chinafile org and the new york review of books in the archive you will find a compilation of full length essays and book reviews on china dating from the review photography video video 10 31 17 down from the mountains max duncan at 14 years old wang ying doesn t want to be a mother she scowls darkly as her younger brother and sister squabble in the corner while she does the housework but she grudgingly cleans up after them and cooks them a potato stew which they eat photo gallery 07 12 16 a cold war island thaws sim chi yin mounds of sand sit beneath a row of pile drivers on dadeng island where the chinese city of xiamen is building a new airport on reclaimed land syril hung sighs awe struck by this scene the retired editor is looking through a pair of binoculars photo gallery 10 05 16 beijing s skinheads zhu mo from jiemian punk as with most modern western rock music took root in china abruptly and unevenly starting in the early 1990s beijing skinhead ma ke pictured here with a teardrop temporary tattoo was born in 1976 around the same time as punk itself one of books books 02 24 20 fateful triangle tanvi madan brookings institution press in this asian century scholars officials and journalists are increasingly focused on the fate of the rivalry between china and india they see the u s s relationships with the two asian giants as now intertwined after having followed separate paths during the cold war in fateful triangle tanvi madan argues that china s influence on the u s india relationship is neither a recent nor a momentary phenomenon drawing on documents from india and the united states she shows that american and indian perceptions of and policy toward china significantly shaped u s india relations in three crucial decades from 1949 to 1979 fateful triangle updates our understanding of the diplomatic history of u s india relations highlighting china s central role in it reassesses the origins and practice of indian foreign policy and nonalignment and provides historical context for the interactions between the three countries madan s assessment of this formative period in the triangular relationship is of more than historic interest a key question today is whether the united states and india can or should develop ever closer ties as a way of countering china s desire to be the dominant power in the broader asian region fateful triangle argues that history shows such a partnership is neither inevitable nor impossible a desire to offset china brought the two countries closer together in the past and could do so again a look to history however also shows that shared perceptions of an external threat from china are necessary but insufficient to bring india and the united states into a close and sustained alignment that requires agreement on the nature and urgency of the threat as well as how to approach the threat strategically economically and ideologically with its long view fateful triangle offers insights for both present and future policymakers as they tackle a fateful and evolving triangle that has regional and global implications chop books 08 06 14 china s second continent howard w french an exciting hugely revealing account of china s burgeoning presence in africa a developing empire already shaping and reshaping the future of millions of people a prizewinning foreign correspondent and former new york times bureau chief in shanghai and in west and central africa howard french is uniquely positioned to tell the story of china in africa through meticulous on the ground reporting conducted in mandarin french and portuguese among other languages howard french crafts a layered investigation of astonishing depth and breadth as he engages not only with policy shaping moguls and diplomats but also with the ordinary men and women navigating the street level realities of cooperation prejudice corruption and opportunity forged by this seismic geopolitical development with incisiveness and empathy french reveals the human face of china s economic political and human presence across the african continent and in doing so reveals what is at stake for everyone involved we meet a broad spectrum of china s dogged emigrant population from those singlehandedly reshaping african infrastructure commerce and even environment a self made tycoon who harnessed zambia s now booming copper trade a timber entrepreneur determined to harvest the entirety of liberia s old growth redwoods to those just barely scraping by a sibling pair running small businesses despite total illiteracy a karaoke bar owner cum brothel madam still convinced that africa affords them better opportunities than their homeland and we encounter an equally panoramic array of african responses a citizens backlash in senegal against a trojan horse chinese construction project a tower complex to be built over a beloved soccer field which locals thought would lead to overbearing chinese pressure on their economy a zambian political candidate who having protested china s intrusiveness during the previous election and lost now turns accommodating the ascendant middle class of an industrial boomtown african mine workers bitterly condemning their foreign employers citing inadequate safety precautions and wages a fraction of their immigrant counterparts french s nuanced portraits reveal the paradigms forming around this new world order from the all too familiar echoes of colonial ambition exploitation of resources and labor cut rate infrastructure projects dubious treaties to new frontiers of cultural and economic exchange where dichotomies of suspicion and trust assimilation and isolation idealism and disillusionment are in dynamic flux part intrepid travelogue part cultural census part industrial and political exposé french s keenly observed account ultimately offers a fresh perspective on the most pressing unknowns of modern sino african relations why china is making the incursions it is just how extensive its cultural and economic inroads are what africa s role in the equation is and just what the ramifications for both parties and the watching world will be in the foreseeable future knopf chop notes from chinafile notes from chinafile 01 09 26 the sichuan pepper guy jeremy goldkorn yao zhao is the founder of 50hertz tingly foods a company that sells sichuan peppercorns 花椒 huajiao and a variety of oils and snacks made with them his first career was in clean energy development and rural electrification but last year he notes from chinafile 01 13 26 a family derailed on writing trains zha jianying jeremy goldkorn more chinafile recently published trains a chinese family history of railway journeys exile and survival by zha jianying the journalist and author of some of the most memorable recent books on contemporary china and particularly chinese culture more chinafile stories media sinica podcast the china africa project media china in the world podcast postcard reporting opinion conversation library multimedia about contact donate sign up for our newsletter chinafile chinafile is a project of the asia society back to top