China

Journalists flocking to cover life inside a geopolitical flash point often distort the reality on the ground.

In the Chinese zodiac cycle, children born in the year of the dragon are considered lucky—but it’s unlikely to cause a bump in 2024.

The CCP uses manpower, not just technology, to limit speech.

While China has indeed become a regional player, it is still playing a remarkably self-interested game.

The fund’s No. 2 official on the United States, China, and Russia’s “squarely positive growth.”

After more than a decade at Apple, Doug Beck is in charge of making sure the Pentagon doesn’t lose a tech race with China. 

Bashir Noorzai was once serving a life sentence in the United States. Now he’s the key conduit for growing ties between China and the Taliban.

Growing economic integration with Latin America could help the United States avoid the fate of an aging China.

How the world is future-proofing (and China-proofing) its semiconductor supply chains.

Beijing’s long game would be much better served by the candidate’s policies and the divisions he would unleash.

Government action may not be able to stop slipping public confidence in the economy.

Two years in, IR experts are divided on whether the U.S. response to Russia’s war will deter a Chinese invasion.

Risk signals for a conflict are flashing red.

“The Long Season” is the funniest, saddest show to come out of China.

As the world worries about an invasion of Taiwan, Beijing is methodically continuing its seizure of territory in Bhutan.

Beijing has long sought to gain a free hand by untangling its economy from the West.

The growing divide between Washington and the global south is playing out in Beijing’s favor.

Politicians celebrate Lai Ching-te’s victory but fear an upset Beijing.

A Hong Kong judge ordered the property giant to liquidate, but courts in mainland China will set the timeline.

Beijing has done very little to help—but it could.

Will it reshape cross-strait relations?

Beijing backs the Palestinians in Gaza but faces its own genocide accusations at home.

A new president means another round of reaction from Beijing.

Chinese stock markets are in sharp decline, reflecting the gap between official optimism and investor pessimism.

The conventional wisdom on China has shifted but still misses the bigger picture.

Beijing has long used its backyard as a testing ground for foreign influence operations.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on U.S. involvement in conflicts abroad: “We have to be equipped.”

The Belt and Road Initiative wasn’t a sinister plot. It was a blueprint for what every nation needs in an age of uncertainty and disruption.

The attacks harm global trade, but the regional impact might be worse.

Xi Jinping wants to be a new Great Helmsman. It won’t work.

The Biden administration hopes Lai Ching-te will take the threat of a cross-strait invasion as seriously as the U.S. does.

Polling data indicates the public is split over the future of the island and the threat of annexation.

Pentagon and congressional hawks are overestimating their rival.

Still, Beijing’s reaction to Lai Ching-te’s victory has been surprisingly muted—for now.

FP learns why a war that isn’t on yet might matter more than one that’s been raging for years, in a chat with Elbridge Colby.

Blinken met with a top Chinese official slated to be the next foreign minister.

Beijing is using torture and coercion in its case against Jimmy Lai.

This week’s vote reflects a smooth transition to democracy—which isn’t always a guarantee.

Anti-government forces’ campaign against cyberscams has benefited Beijing, even as it keeps up ties with the ruling junta.

The U.S. and China are courting Hanoi. But the country is trying to chart its own path.

How upcoming elections in key countries could change geopolitics.

A sober assessment is needed in a bleak time.

Beijing has gone “all in” on electric cars—rattling Washington and Brussels.

Post-9/11 security justifications are being used to pass new Chinese Exclusion Acts.

Depleted tech platforms, AI-enabled misinformation, and more than 50 countries voting in 2024. What could go wrong?

Nine top generals were removed from Beijing’s rubber-stamp parliament last Friday.

Our columnists share the most important developments on their radar in the year ahead.

FP Live’s annual series looking ahead to the next 12 months.

More leaders are pursuing their ends militarily. More believe they can get away with it.

The U.S. president’s foreign-policy strategy came undone in 2023.

Readers spent time on coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine in its second year, along with pieces on U.S. foreign policy and the global order.

Postgame analysis of 2023’s great inflation debate.

From the war in Ukraine to Sudan’s implosion, FP’s reporters were on the case.

As the world threatens to breach a critical global warming threshold, cooperation still seems to fall short.

What we think will happen, for better or worse, in 2024.

The world’s most dismal science could make Eurasia safe for illiberalism and predation—or protect it from those forces.

How the sharp slowdown has impacted young people, the military, and more.

Five big-think articles from 2023 that cut through the news.

Stephen Walt explains why countries are accusing America of hypocrisy.

States are increasingly focused on security and the age-old diplomatic instruments to achieve it.

The legacies of departed leaders from Pervez Musharraf to Henry Kissinger still shape world politics.

From a small crisis with Taiwan to growing youth disillusionment, here’s what China likely faces next year.

This year, state intervention solidified as the world’s new economic orthodoxy—and its weaknesses began to emerge.

Foreign Policy’s best deep dives of the year.

Washington is losing its rizz and other powers are stepping into the AIS gaps.

2023 was a tectonic shift in geopolitics.

Beijing had a difficult 2023, from COVID-19 fallout to unexpected political purges.

St. Lucia keeps switching between Taipei and Beijing.

A new report from the influential select committee on China has flown under the radar.

From Ukraine to Gaza, U.S. credibility on the world stage is appearing strained as an election year looms.

Beijing’s aggression threatens to disrupt friendshoring operations in the region.

The category is emotionally powerful but fundamentally flawed.

John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua have forged a close working relationship as the superpowers they represent have drifted apart.

Economic statecraft needs to be resourced to compete with China, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo tells FP. 

New electric vehicle restrictions will end up hurting U.S. interests.

No one power or group can uphold the international order anymore—and that means much more geopolitical uncertainty ahead.

A wealth management firm’s insolvency raises questions about unconventional lending institutions—a $3 trillion industry in China.

Countries are balancing against China—just like a student of international relations would predict.

From Kissinger to Kerry, Washington’s top diplomat once visited Beijing regularly. Not anymore.

The summit may have calmed relations, but don’t expect that state to last.

An uptick in respiratory illnesses among children isn’t a new virus, but it hasn’t helped the public mood.

Authorities are covering up the spread of antibiotic-resistant pneumonia.

Washington wants to get tough on China, and the leaders of the House China Committee are in the driver’s seat.

Prepare for the first real global debate on the future of fossil fuels.

After last week’s Xi-Biden meeting, the world’s two chief powers have merely agreed to a cessation of hostilities.

The Chinese president’s strong-arm diplomacy hasn’t worked.

Polling shows Beijing is seen as powerful—and malign.

The race is on to tap the riches of minerals in the high seas.

Tribal groups assert their own claims on a contested island.

How Washington traded a high-profile meeting for real commitments from Beijing.

Biden’s long-awaited meeting with Xi is a reminder of how most big economies are inextricably tied to both Washington and Beijing.

Biden and Xi agreed to restart military-to-military talks, but not much else.

Does face-to-face diplomacy ever change anything?

Global war is neither a theoretical contingency nor the fever dream of hawks and militarists.

As the latest crisis in the straits wraps up, Taipei is on the back foot.

Their meeting in San Francisco will reportedly lead to pledges on areas of mutual concern, as tensions remain high.

Technology, trade, and Taiwan dominate in a new report to Congress.

Having nothing to write home about would be the preferred outcome for both sides.

While deliverables are likely to be modest, Wednesday’s meeting could yield progress on shared priorities.

What Beijing’s about-face on coal power means for climate change—and how the world can push back.