The New Yorker is a weekly magazine offering a signature mix of reporting and commentary on politics, international affairs, popular culture and the arts, science and technology, and business, along with fiction, poetry, humor, and cartoons. The magazine is available in print at newsstands and by subscription.
New Yorker
From their website:
Last Updated: July 7, 2016
ChinaFile Recommends
10.27.17Why Trump's Fawning over China's Xi Jinping Probably Won't Work
New Yorker
A couple of weeks ago, The Economist put a drawing of Xi Jinping, the President of China, on its cover under a headline that said “The world’s most powerful man.” In an editorial in the same issue, the editors acknowledged that China is still no...
ChinaFile Recommends
09.19.17Why China Won’t Pressure North Korea as Much as Trump Wants
New Yorker
At the center of the North Korean nuclear crisis is a pivotal question: How much is China really willing to pressure and punish its longtime ally in Pyongyang? Recent conversations in Beijing and Washington suggest that Chinese leaders have decided...
ChinaFile Recommends
07.27.17Why Justin Bieber Got Banned from Performing in China
New Yorker
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture issued an injunction against the twenty-three-year-old pop star, Justin Bieber, who was in the middle of a global tour, prohibiting him from performing in China. (On Monday, Bieber announced that he was...
ChinaFile Recommends
06.26.17China’s Mistress-Dispellers
New Yorker
How the economic boom and deep gender inequality have created a new industry.
ChinaFile Recommends
06.15.17Are China and the United States Headed for War?
New Yorker
Professors, pundits, and journalists weigh in on a heated topic.
ChinaFile Recommends
04.12.17China and the Legend of Ivanka
New Yorker
That such a vexed figure may serve as the role model for Chinese women who are just beginning to grapple with their identity in a society that has historically been hostile to their empowerment seems like a regression.
ChinaFile Recommends
04.05.17Can Trump Match Xi Jinping’s Game?
New Yorker
Donald Trump has struggled with his position on China. President Xi Jinping has several reasons for confidence when he arrives at Mar-a-Lago for negotiations.
ChinaFile Recommends
03.22.17Rex Tillerson’s Deferential Visit to China
New Yorker
America’s top diplomat agreed that “the U.S. side is ready to develop relations with China based on the principle of no conflict, no confrontation, mutual respect, and win-win coöperation.”
ChinaFile Recommends
12.27.16To Speak is to Blunder
New Yorker
My brain has banished Chinese. I dream in English. I talk to myself in English. It was a crucial decision to be orphaned from my mother tongue
ChinaFile Recommends
12.22.16The Trouble With Trumps Dangerous Instincts on China
New Yorker
The President-elect has shown that his instinct is to turn the world’s significant bilateral relationships into frighteningly spectacular reality TV
ChinaFile Recommends
12.08.16What Taiwan’s Leader Sees in Donald Trump
New Yorker
Taiwanese President Tsai's call to President-elect Trump, which riled both Washington and Beijing, suggests a hidden streak of boldness
ChinaFile Recommends
10.19.16What China Sees in Donald Trump--and in Itself
New Yorker
Chinese observers have described the Trump-Clinton standoff as a spectacle of unfettered “chaos” that shakes their faith in the legitimacy of Western democracy
ChinaFile Recommends
03.14.16Why Donald Trump Is Wrong About Manufacturing Jobs and China
New Yorker
Factory jobs are on the rise here, and many of these new jobs are coming back to North America from China.
ChinaFile Recommends
02.17.16Why Did China Kidnap Its Provocateurs?
New Yorker
China’s harsh treatment of its critics is notorious, but the recent abductions of five booksellers and a journalist have sparked international condemnation and heated protests.
ChinaFile Recommends
02.16.16The Golden Generation
New Yorker
In a culture where poverty and thrift were long the norm, the extravagances of China's fuerdai have become notorious.