Luke Patey

Dec 15, 2024 | thewirechina.com | Luke Patey

Volkswagen’s “Transparent Factory,” in Dresden, Germany, was designed as a “beacon” to demonstrate all that the company has to offer. Made almost entirely of glass, the small, but sleek factory plays with the double meaning of “transparency,” and invites VW customers to visit and see the production process for themselves. But on a recent grey November day, the electric hum of the automated assembly line of VW’s fully electric ID.3 model instead masked the factory’s many troubles.

Sep 29, 2024 | thewirechina.com | Luke Patey |Ella Apostoaie

Illustration by Valeria Petrone The roar of an F-16 fighter jet regularly interrupts the daily grind in central Hualien. Located on Taiwan’s mountainous eastern coast, Hualien is best known as a launching pad for avid hikers visiting the jaw-dropping cliffs of nearby Taroko National Park. But it is also home to the Chiashan Air Force Base — one of Taiwan’s most important defense installations in the event of a Chinese military invasion.

Sep 29, 2024 | cnas.org | Emily Kilcrease |Luke Patey

Source: The Wire China Journalist: Luke Patey Threading that needle might not be so simple if a major crisis is brewing in the strait. Emily Kilcrease, a senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, notes that ‘gray zone scenarios’ —where China imposes a quarantine or seizes Taiwan’s outlying islands — would be particularly challenging for multinational companies to respond to.

May 19, 2024 | thewirechina.com | Luke Patey |Ella Apostoaie

Teacher's Pet The story of Beijing's crackdown on the private tutoring industry has been dominated by the spectacular fall of once lucrative companies like New Oriental. But less appreciated is the companies that have prospered in the policy's wake — like iFlytek, the artificial intelligence company. Beijing, it turns out, didn't just ban private tutoring, it replaced it with AI.

May 7, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Peter Albrecht |Nina Wilén |Maggie Dwyer |Luke Patey