The young Uyghur filmmaker Ikram Nurmehmet is now in a Chinese prison for “actively participating in terrorist activities.” ...

Computer scientist Laura Edelson and China researcher Jessica Batke discuss some of what they learned over the course of ...

Melinda Liu has been the Beijing Bureau Chief for Newsweek since 1998, returning to a city in which she had resided from 1980 to 1982 as Newsweek ’s first China-based correspondent since 1949. Liu won ...

Following a screening of How to Have an American Baby at Asia Society on June 25, filmmaker Leslie Tai joined ChinaFile ...

On June 25, ChinaFile will screen Leslie Tai’s documentary film How to Have an American Baby, which explores the industry built to promote Chinese women traveling to the U.S. to give birth to children ...

In 1965, one of Mao Zedong’s most loyal lieutenants, the political theorist Chen Boda, came up with a bold scheme for industrial development in China: centering the electronics industry. Mao seemed ...

Geremie R.Barmé is a historian, cultural critic, filmmaker, translator, and web-journal editor who works on Chinese cultural and intellectual history from the early modern period (1600s) to the ...

The next Sputnik 2.0 moment? In the industry I focus on, electric vehicles (EVs) are set to create a “Sputnik market.” Look for car dealers in San Diego, Phoenix, and San Antonio to begin importing ...

Jonathan D. Spence held the position of Sterling Professor of History, Emeritus, at Yale University, and is well-known throughout the world for his insightful views on modern China. His books include ...