To celebrate The Wire China‘s 4th anniversary, we decided to take stock of just how much has changed since April 2020.

Micron's products face a partial ban in China; yet it's investing over $600 million there, including a new plant in Xi'an. Rachel Cheung squares the circle thewirechina.com/2024/04/28/mic…

TSMC makes the world’s most advanced chips in Taiwan. Geopolitical shifts are pushing it to set up a new factory in the American desert.

It needs to bring its cutting-edge tech but also a notoriously harsh, military-style work culture to the U.S. 🧵
restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-ariz…

Three months into bilateral cooperation between the US and China on fentanyl, it is clear that making a meaningful dent in the illicit drug supply in the US will require deep collaboration and compromise at a time when the two countries are wary of both.

thewirechina.com/2024/04/21/the…

#BREAKING A representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been deported from Hong Kong on arrival to the territory to monitor the landmark trial of publisher Jimmy Lai, the international press freedom concern group said in a statement.

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I profiled John Garnaut, the former China journalist-cum-Australian government official who contributed to a global China policy shift. Now, he is teaming up with Matt Pottinger & reinventing himself as a China whisperer for the private sector:

thewirechina.com/2024/04/07/the…

This story has it all: Eric Adams, elite Chinese politics, the model who won Miss China, a high profile Chinese bribery case, Manhattan's Plaza hotel and Kaiser Kuo talking about Beijing nightclubs⤵️⤵️

The Chinese EV Price War Goes Global: The fierce competition between Chinese automakers has the potential to reshape markets around the world — and stoke resistance. thewirechina.com/2024/03/24/the… The Wire China
Rachel Cheung