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  1. tech
    TikTok : Illustration
    Is Congress Really About to Ban TikTok?The House has approved a measure that could remove TikTok from app stores. Here’s what to know.
    By Danielle Cohen
  2. screen time
    Big Tech Still Has a Big Addiction to ChinaAmerica’s tech giants have made a show of distancing themselves from China, but in many ways their dependence on it has actually grown.
    By John Herrman
  3. just asking questions
    The ‘Thucydides’s Trap’ Author on the Risk of China-BashingPolitical scientist Graham Allison thinks Americans both underestimate and overestimate their main competitor.
    By Benjamin Hart
  4. weird science
    ‘I Almost Sound Like a Crazy Person, But I Think It’s a Superconductor’Scientists are again buzzing about a potential breakthrough in superconductivity. Will this be another disappointment?
    By Jeff Wise
  5. on with kara swisher
    Congressman Mike Gallagher on Why TikTok Is Still a ThreatThe GOP lawmaker tells Kara Swisher that national security is more important than young voters’ feelings.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  6. plagued
    Why You Shouldn’t Be Panicking About Pneumonia OutbreaksThe reemergence of childhood pneumonia and mycoplasma pneumonia in China and elsewhere is no COVID-like crisis but a return to post-pandemic normal.
    By Chas Danner
  7. gaffin’ newsom
    Gavin Newsom Steamrolls Little Kid During Trip to ChinaSay what you will about Nixon, but he never tackled a little kid in a game of basketball on his visit to Beijing.
    By Matt Stieb
  8. just asking questions
    Will China’s Economic Slump Be Contagious?Brad Setser, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, on how to interpret grim news from the world’s second-biggest economy.
    By Benjamin Hart
  9. on with kara swisher
    Oliver Stone on the Need for a Nuclear-Powered WorldKara Swisher talks with the filmmaker about his new documentary, radioactive myths, Big Oil, and dystopia fatigue.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  10. what we know
    Leaked Pentagon Documents: What We KnowThe chief of the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group mercenaries allegedly offered to provide Russian troop locations to Ukraine.
    By Chas Danner
  11. early and often
    The Biden Administration Just Declared the Death of NeoliberalismThe White House has called for a “new Washington consensus.” Can it become a reality?
    By Eric Levitz
  12. art review
    The Joyful Confessions of XiyadieA new show explores the hidden pleasures and regrets of a gay artist from China.
    By Jerry Saltz
  13. the money game
    Europe’s Top Central Banker Paints Bleak Picture of West in DeclineChristine Lagarde has endorsed a controversial take that the U.S. is no longer the world’s only superpower and the future is “multipolar.”
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  14. plagued
    Was It the Raccoon Dog All Along?What to make of the latest evidence suggesting COVID had a natural — not laboratory — origin.
    By Chas Danner
  15. foreign interests
    Saudi Arabia and Iran’s China-Brokered Détente Doesn’t Upend Mideast PoliticsThe deal may complicate foreign policy in the region, but it doesn’t mark a changing of the guard from the U.S. to China.
    By Jonah Shepp
  16. on with kara swisher
    Richard Haass on America’s Relationship Problems With ChinaKara Swisher talks with the Council on Foreign Relations president about Biden’s spy-balloon-size missed opportunity.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  17. spy balloons
    Biden Says Unidentified Objects U.S. Shot Down Were Not Spy BalloonsTurns out U.S. fighter planes were probably just taking out some airborne garbage.
    By Chas Danner
  18. military industrial complex
    Understanding the UFO WarWhy the United States Air Force is suddenly blasting away at unidentified objects.
    By Jeff Wise
  19. what we know
    Why Is U.S. Airspace Suddenly a UFO Shooting Gallery? UpdatesWe still don’t know much about the three unidentified objects the U.S. shot down over the weekend.
    By Chas Danner
  20. just asking questions
    Does China’s Spy Balloon Mean We’re in a New Cold War?Analyst Robert Daly on how tit-for-tat provocations could lead to catastrophe.
    By Benjamin Hart
  21. foreign interests
    Trump Is Too Tough on Balloons to Be AntiwarThe ex-president is simultaneously slamming Biden for insufficient toughness on China and casting himself as a peace candidate.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. what we know
    U.S. Recovery of Alleged Spy Balloon Continues: UpdatesChina claimed on Monday that a second similar balloon seen over Latin America last week was also just a wayward civilian craft.
    By Chas Danner
  23. just asking questions
    What Could a Chinese Spy Balloon Over the U.S. Do, Exactly?Arms-control expert Jeffrey Lewis examines whether the Chinese spy ship over the West is an accident or a geopolitical middle finger.
    By Matt Stieb
  24. lost in translation
    The Spy Who Wasn’tBaimadajie Angwang wanted a visa for his daughter. He got charged with being an “insider threat” instead.
    By Paula Aceves
  25. chinese democracy
    The Radical, Lonely, Suddenly Shocking Life of Wang JuntaoAfter half a century of resisting the Chinese Communist Party, a dissident confronts murder and espionage in Queens.
    By Christopher Beam
  26. foreign interests
    China’s Economic Model Is in Crisis (and Xi Knows It)COVID exacerbated the imbalances in China’s economy. But the Chinese Communist Party hasn’t found the political will to correct them.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. on with kara swisher
    Ian Bremmer on How Putin, Xi, and Elon Musk Are AlikeIn this episode of On With Kara Swisher, Kara talks to the Eurasia Group president about global risks and strongman weaknesses.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  28. political statements
    A ‘Political Coming-Out’ for Chinese Feminist ComicsTheir stage is a safe space for ideas that are taboo back home.
    By Rong Xiaoqing
  29. just asking questions
    What It’s Like in China As Everyone Gets COVIDDarin Friedrichs, a market analyst based out of Shanghai, on daily life amid a chaotic policy shift.
    By Benjamin Hart
  30. foreign interests
    A Stunning Wave of Protests Has Erupted in China Over Its Zero-COVID PoliciesDemonstrations against COVID restrictions — and the government — took place in numerous cities across mainland China over the weekend.
    By Chas Danner
  31. foreign interests
    Biden’s New Cold War Against China Could BackfireThe U.S. is now officially committed to thwarting China’s development goals. That comes with big risks.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. foreign affairs
    Protester Dragged Into U.K. Chinese Consulate and BeatenThe man, who was demonstrating against Xi Jinping, had to be extricated by a British police officer.
    By Benjamin Hart
  33. just asking questions
    What on Earth Is China’s COVID Strategy Now?Nancy Qian on why the country is sticking to its quixotic and damaging attempt to stamp out the virus.
    By Benjamin Hart
  34. foreign interests
    The Dismantling of Hong KongSince 2019, my hometown has slowly transformed into a brutal, unrecognizable place. Then came Omicron.
    By Karen Cheung
  35. foreign interests
    Biden Says U.S. Will Defend Taiwan Against China — or Maybe NotThe president’s comment indicated an aggressive change in policy. The White House quickly walked it back.
    By Chas Danner
  36. covid-19
    Locked Down in ShanghaiTwo residents describe a city coming apart at the seams.
    By Dan Wang and Silvia Lindtner
  37. foreign interests
    Why China Probably Won’t Send Military Aid to RussiaBeijing has an interest in helping Putin — in ways that don’t expose it to the threat of western sanctions.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. the money game
    ‘Buy the Dip’ Goes BustFrom Wall Street to r/WallStreetBets, traders find their pandemic strategy doesn’t work anymore.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  39. politics
    Is Peter Thiel Trying to Buy a Fight With China?The tech billionaire turned GOP megadonor is betting big on candidates who happen to be China hawks.
    By Choire Sicha
  40. politics
    A Guide to Congress’s Jam-Packed FebruaryDemocrats’ to-do list includes salvaging Build Back Better, reforming election laws, and avoiding a shutdown — and they know time is running out.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. our climate
    The World Can’t Go Green and Nuclear FreeNuclear energy is the only existing non-carbon technology that can compensate for renewables’ liabilities.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. fight club
    Chuck Palahniuk Is Fine With Chinese Censorship of Fight Club, ActuallyThe Chinese ending is actually closer to the book.
    By Bethy Squires
  43. finance
    Chamath Palihapitiya Is ‘Not Even Sure That China Is a Dictatorship’When the VC downplayed Uighur oppression on a podcast, he didn’t mention his deep business ties to China.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  44. china
    Peng Shuai Not at All Suspiciously Recants AccusationsSurely this will assuage everyone’s concerns, right?
    By Benjamin Hart
  45. pivot
    Will China Really Face a Corporate Reckoning in 2022?Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher are skeptical that much will change in big business’s relationship to an increasingly authoritarian state.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  46. foreign policy
    U.S. Announces Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing OlympicsAmerican athletes will still be able to compete, but no U.S. delegation will attend in an effort to call out China’s human rights abuses.
    By Chas Danner
  47. peng shuai
    Women’s Tennis Suspends Tournaments in China Over Treatment of Peng ShuaiThe WTA president said he doubted that doubles star Peng Shuai was “safe and not subject to censorship” following her sexual-assault allegation.
    By Matt Stieb
  48. self-censorship
    Jamie Dimon Quickly Backtracks on Mild China JokeHe needs to stay on the country’s good side, and Xi Jinping isn’t known for his sense of humor.
    By Benjamin Hart
  49. sports
    Women’s Tennis Had to Stand Up to ChinaOther sports could get away without direct confrontation. Peng Shuai feels like a turning point.
    By Caira Conner
  50. china
    IOC Says Missing Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Told Them She’s SafeShe hadn’t been seen in public since accusing a former government official of sexual assault — prompting international concern about her welfare.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
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