Conversation

09.29.26

What Actually Happened at the Xi-Trump Summit

Neil Thomas, Lizzi C. Lee & more
On September 24, U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House for their second summit of the year. The meeting advanced new mechanisms on trade and investment, and launched the U.S.-China bilateral dialogue on...

Conversation

09.17.26

What to Watch at the Xi-Trump Summit

Kevin Rudd, Neil Thomas & more
On September 24, Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, four months after Trump’s state visit to Beijing in May. Several consequential elements of the relationship remain unsettled ahead of the...

Conversation

06.12.26

Are There Any Good Ideas for AI Governance?

Chris Li, Lizzi C. Lee & more
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...

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...

“The Dating Game” in China

Jeremy Goldkorn & Violet Du Feng
Violet Du Feng has produced and directed more than a dozen documentary films about China. Her latest is The Dating Game, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Filmed in Chongqing, the film follows a group of desperate bachelors...