China Worldview

By Wang Mengqiao On April 2 local time, U.S. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency and signed two executive orders introducing so-called "reciprocal tariffs." Beginning on April 9, the United States imposed sweeping tariffs on major economic players--including China, the European Union, and Japan. Within days,

By Ryan Yeh Current U.S. trade policy, particularly its confrontational stance towards China, is increasingly hobbled by a deep internal incoherence of three critical fractures. First, a jarring disconnect between strategic ambitions and stark economic constraints; second, an irreconcilable tension between populist protectionism and the nature of capital to

Who gets to tell China’s story? As global travelers and streamers bypass traditional media, a new, unfiltered image of China is taking shape — one TikTok, vlog, and viral visit at a time. This piece explores how grassroots voices are breaking the filter and reshaping global perceptions of China.