Why are the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China, undergoing a “messy divorce” across critical sectors? The answer lies in a complex interplay of national security concerns, economic self-sufficiency drives, and a fundamental re-evaluation of globalization. For decades, the economic relationship between the US and China was characterized by deep integration, with … Read more
BEIJING — Kazuyuki Tanioka has run Toya, his 18-seat omakase restaurant in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, for more than a decade. On a normal weekend, he turns the tables twice. These days, he’s lucky if four customers walk through the door. “Since mid-November we’ve had over 60 cancellations,” the 52-year-old chef told me, wiping down a … Read more
In a groundbreaking discovery, a digitally reconstructed skull from China, known as Yunxian 2, is challenging long-held beliefs about the origins of Homo sapiens. Unearthed in Hubei province and estimated to be 1 million years old, this fossil suggests that our species—or a close relative—may have emerged at least 500,000 years earlier than previously thought. … Read more