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Why Geothermal Failed in China

And is there still potential?

1 hr ago • Lily Ottinger

Civil Service: A History!

What can we learn from its past glories and failures, and where should we take this next?

8 hrs ago • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

How China Hopes to Build AGI Through Self-Improvement

Without looking like it

Mar 30 • Zilan Qian

State Capacity for the AI Era

Mar 27 • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

Fusion's DeepSeek Moment?

China's hottest fusion founder talks

Mar 26 • Caleb Harding

AI

How China Hopes to Build AGI Through Self-Improvement

Without looking like it

Mar 30 • Zilan Qian

State Capacity for the AI Era

Mar 27 • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

Claude Just Opened the Strait

the definitive tick-tock

Mar 22 • Jordan Schneider

Semiconductors

How Much AI Does $1 Get You in China vs America?

And Does the H200 Change Anything?

Feb 19 • Aqib Zakaria

The Future of Economic Security with Dan Kim and Chris Miller

The CHIPS Act as case study

Jan 21 • Jordan Schneider and Phoebe Chow

H200s Sale: China Reacts

"It’s like a couple separated for a long time: even if they get back together, it’s hard to recapture the original passion."

Dec 12, 2025 • Irene Zhang

Best Of

Top 10 Books of the Year of the Snake

Happy new year everyone!

Feb 16 • Jordan Schneider

Our Year in Review

Year in recap + 25 biggest US-China events of the century

Jan 15 • Jordan Schneider

Chinese AI in 2025, Wrapped

A year for the history books for the Chinese AI beat.

Dec 11, 2025 • Irene Zhang

CCP

Making Money in Chinese AI Safety

Compliance-as-a-Service is China's unique and growing industry

Mar 12 • Nick Corvino

Seedance, Kling and the Chinese AI Video Ecosystem

China proposed new rules to label AI content, but enforcement is failing, driven by economic priorities and geopolitical propaganda

Feb 13 • Nick Corvino

Xi’s Military Meltdown

Jan 28 • Jordan Schneider and Lily Ottinger

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