The Wire China

The Wire is an online news magazine focused on uncovering and explaining one of the most significant narratives of our era: China's economic growth and its impact on worldwide business, finance, trade, labor, and the environment. Launched by David Barboza, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who reported from Shanghai for The New York Times, this weekly publication features a diverse team of independent journalists from around the globe. Many of these reporters have extensive backgrounds in covering China and its changing role in the global landscape. Our goal is to deliver precise and fair reporting as we seek the truth, “without fear or favor.” Through our efforts, we aim to earn your trust and capture your interest.

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The Hunt for an Heir

6 days ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Rachel Cheung

Liu Xiaoming, Governor of Hainan Province, delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Entrepreneurs, December 3, 2024. Credit: Boao Forum for Entrepreneurs As the many fans of the HBO blockbuster show Succession know, managing transitions at family companies can be difficult — and entertaining. Another such drama is playing out in real life at Double Star, once a leading Chinese shoe brand.
China’s Aging Migrant Workforce

6 days ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Rachel Cheung

Every year, millions of Chinese workers leave their homes in the countryside to work in cities and factories in more developed parts of China. The sweat of their brows has fueled the country’s economic rise in the last few decades, but now they are growing older and facing a more precarious future.
Kyle Chan on What We Need to Know About China’s Industrial Policy

6 days ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Andrew Peaple

Face-Off: U.S. vs. ChinaA podcast about the turbulent relationship between the world's two superpowers, the two men who run them, and the vital issues that affect us all. US Ambassador Nicholas Burns recently served in Beijing for three years. In this episode of Face-Off: US vs. China, host Jane Perlez talks to Burns about how he got Americans out of Chinese jails, how security operatives stopped American cultural groups from performing, and how China agreed to limits on AI in nuclear weapons.
Fathers and Sons

6 days ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Joseph Torigian

Xi Zhongxun with his sons Jinping (left) and Yuanping (center), 1958. Source: Xi Zhongxun huace, 167 via Stanford University Press In December 2002, less than one month after he became the top party leader in Zhejiang Province, Xi Jinping treated his father’s old friend Li Rui to breakfast at an extremely expensive restaurant intended to host ministerial officials.
Xi Zhongxun and the making of Xi Jinping

6 days ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie

Good evening and Happy Father’s Day — a fortnight early, don’t forget! If you truly know the father then do you also know the son? If the motivations and destinations of Xi Jinping can be divined from the life, character and career of his father, Xi Zhongxun, then Professor Joseph Torigian of American University has written one of the most important political biographies of this century.
To Track or Not to Track: The Latest Question Unsettling America’s AI Chipmakers

1 week ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Eliot Chen

Last week, Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang told reporters there is “no evidence” that his company’s highly sought-after chips for artificial intelligence (AI) are being smuggled to China. A new bill in the works in Congress says: Prove it. An excerpt from the proposed 'Chip Security Act'.
Patrick McGee on How China Captured Apple

1 week ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Noah Berman

Face-Off: U.S. vs. ChinaA podcast about the turbulent relationship between the world's two superpowers, the two men who run them, and the vital issues that affect us all. US Ambassador Nicholas Burns recently served in Beijing for three years. In this episode of Face-Off: US vs. China, host Jane Perlez talks to Burns about how he got Americans out of Chinese jails, how security operatives stopped American cultural groups from performing, and how China agreed to limits on AI in nuclear weapons.
Xi Jinping Eyes Seabed Riches in the South Pacific

1 week ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie

Good evening. In April, President Trump signed an executive order that sent shockwaves around the world. The order aims to spur seabed mining for rare earth minerals in international waters — in defiance of an international moratorium on the activity. But a move made a few months earlier by China garnered much less attention, when the Chinese government signed a cooperative exploration agreement with the Cook Islands in the South Pacific.
Trump Cryptocurrency’s Big Investor Has Extensive China Ties

2 weeks ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Noah Berman

Face-Off: U.S. vs. ChinaA podcast about the turbulent relationship between the world's two superpowers, the two men who run them, and the vital issues that affect us all. US Ambassador Nicholas Burns recently served in Beijing for three years. In this episode of Face-Off: US vs. China, host Jane Perlez talks to Burns about how he got Americans out of Chinese jails, how security operatives stopped American cultural groups from performing, and how China agreed to limits on AI in nuclear weapons.
Henry Huiyao Wang on How China Views The Trade War

2 weeks ago | thewirechina.com | Ella Apostoaie |Noah Berman

Henry Huiyao Wang is the founder of the Center for China and Globalization, a think tank based in Beijing. He has been an advisor to several Chinese government bodies, including the State Council, China’s cabinet. He’s also a prolific scholar and previously served as chief trade representative in Hong Kong for the Canadian province of Quebec. In April, he led a delegation of Chinese scholars on a trip to the United States, where they met with academics and business leaders.