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Where is America Going in the South China Sea?
The new National Security Strategy talks tough — but here are the options the United States actually has, and the pros and cons of each.
Threats
China May Be Preparing Refugee Sites in Case of a Korean War
A leaked document from a Chinese telecommunications company hints that Beijing is anticipating an influx of war refugees.
Ideas
China Is On a Whole-of-Nation Push for AI. The US Must Match It
Beijing is harnessing government and commercial entities in pursuit of a once-in-a-generation technological kingmaker.
Threats
How the US and China Differ on North Korea
They are at odds over the nature of the threat posed by Pyongyang.
Science & Tech
China and the CIA Are Competing to Fund Silicon Valley’s AI Startups
The U.S. intelligence community is upping its early-stage investments in machine-learning companies — but Beijing is pouring in far more.
Science & Tech
China Has A Breakthrough in Spy-Proof Quantum Communications
By sending quantum information several kilometers, the researchers took a big step toward the future of information security.
Science & Tech
China Will Surpass US in AI Around 2025, Says Google's Eric Schmidt
Schmidt, who also chairs the Defense Innovation Advisory Board, says the Chinese are poised to erase a key American advantage — and the Trump administration is helping them.
Ideas
China Is Quietly Reshaping the World
The staggering scope of the country’s infrastructure initiative—and what it means for the international order.
Ideas
All That Could Go Wrong When Jihadists Return Home — to China
Once separatists, now jihadists, some Uighurs returning from the ISIS battlefield could threaten — and test — Beijing.
Science & Tech
Trump's Tech Crackdown on China Has Begun
The White House just blocked a $1.3 billion plan to sell an Oregon-based semiconductor company to a Chinese equity firm, citing possible technology risks to national security.
Ideas
Can North Korea Drag the US and China Into War?
History offers clues about the likely course of a dangerous dynamic in east Asia.
Threats
Beijing's Latest Moves in the South China Sea Spark Fears of a New Land Grab
Alarm bells sounded when Chinese ships recently gathered at Sandy Cay, a set of sandbars close to Philippines-occupied Thitu Island in the Spratly archipelago.
Ideas
Easing A Flashpoint for War in the East China Sea
U.S. leaders must lay the diplomatic groundwork for long-term solutions — or risk falling into conflict, World War I style.
Threats
After Sanctioning Pyongyang, China Says the Ball’s in Everyone Else’s Court
Now, Beijing says, the U.S. and both Koreas need to step up and show they're ready to negotiate.
Threats
The Arctic Could Be the Next South China Sea, Says Coast Guard Commandant
Rich with energy resources, minerals and strategic positioning, the warming Arctic is ripe for territorial disputes, Adm. Zukunft warns.
Threats
North Korea Appears to Have Launched Another Missile
Preliminary data suggest the test vehicle can travel farther than the ICBM launched earlier this month.
Threats
Pentagon: Beijing Is Arming Its Manmade Islands in South China Sea
With its reef expansion apparently finishing up, China is working to extend the reach of its military power.
Ideas
What Xi Jinping Wants
China's leader is determined to turn his country into 'the biggest player in the history of the world.' Can he do it while avoiding a dangerous collision with America?
Threats
North Korea Is Helping China in the South China Sea—Whether It Knows It or Not
Pyongyang’s rocket tests have elbowed Beijing’s land grab out of the spotlight — just as the Chinese might have hoped.
Ideas