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The Wire China recently passed a major milestone: 300 issues of our magazine 🎉
Meet the award-winning team that made it all possible!
The Wire is a digital news magazine dedicated to understanding and explaining one of the biggest stories of our time: China’s economic rise, and its influence on global business, finance, trade, labor and the environment.
We hope to set a high standard for reporting on China, creating a forum for new voices and seasoned experts as well as a platform to showcase deeply reported stories and investigative journalism.
Check us out: thewirechina.com
In eastern China, solar electricity is in high demand but land is scare. A few entrepreneurs have hit on a solution: installing solar panels on farmland and fisheries. 1/
"These efforts date back at least to 2018 when photovoltaic projects, which only generate solar energy, were included in Xi Jinping’s campaign to eradicate poverty. A subsequent five-year action plan encouraged the solar industry to blend with agriculture." 3/
"Farmers and green energy companies are realizing that they can cooperate. They are also now exporting their newfound dual land-use expertise around the world."
Read the latest @thewirechina cover story by @peiyue_jess: thewirechina.com/2026/10/18/…
The U.S. has blocked China from getting the world’s most advanced chipmaking tools, but reports now suggest the country has made advances in making its own.
Alberto Moel (@HKUniversity) evaluates China's race for a breakthrough: buff.ly/Dhl4f0S
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🎧️ A Chinese memory chip maker is #3 in the world. But just a few years ago, many expected U.S. sanctions would knock YMTC out of the industry for good. How did the company survive?
Get the full story on our podcast: buff.ly/wYwxgI8
🎧️ A Chinese memory chip maker is #3 in the world. But just a few years ago, many expected U.S. sanctions would knock YMTC out of the industry for good. How did the company survive?
Get the full story on our podcast: buff.ly/wYwxgI8
Your Weekend Read: A Diplomat on the 🇪🇺 🇨🇳 Trade Deal.
"Is this the beginning of the end of trade difficulties? No, I don’t think it is. It’s the beginning of a constructive way of dealing with them."
Gunnar Wiegand discusses Europe’s readiness to protect its industries, Germany’s tougher line on Beijing, and European unity on China: buff.ly/mMiQC0Q
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🎧️ SURVIVOR: China Industrial Policy Edition.
In 2022, memory chip manufacturer YMTC looked like it was done for. It had been hit with U.S. sanctions and lost a contract with Apple. But today, YMTC is the third largest memory chip maker in the world. How did it survive?
Listen: buff.ly/1JgG0Ni
Zhang Changwu, Huo Liang, Xu Ming...you should know the names of the entrepreneurs racing to be branded "China's Elon Musk."
Beating SpaceX is a holy grail for officials raised in the Cold War (and the young professionals raised on Star Wars). Meet the men and women taking China's space industry to the stars: buff.ly/xZnJPf6
🎧️ SURVIVOR: China Industrial Policy Edition.
In 2022, memory chip manufacturer YMTC looked like it was done for. It had been hit with U.S. sanctions and lost a contract with Apple. But today, YMTC is the third largest memory chip maker in the world. How did it survive?
Listen: buff.ly/1JgG0Ni
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Op-Ed: AI data centers in space? Space-based computing is no longer a pipe dream, writes @leacthome (@ESPIspace).
"The growing global interest in space-based computing has sent a clear message to Beijing: the Earth’s orbit is in danger of becoming congested, meaning it needs to move fast."
buff.ly/ujntChv
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This week’s cover story: China has built a thriving fish farming industry in the Xinjiang desert. Is it proof that technology can overcome anything?
@ian_urbina analyzes the complicated reality in Xinjiang: environmental impact, pollution and food safety, and convincing local communities to buy in: buff.ly/VazyZLw
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How did large numbers of Uyghurs come to leave western China and fight in Syria's civil war?
@EmilyZFeng has reported on Xinjiang issues since 2017. In her latest book, she interviews the Uyghur fighters far from home. Read the full Q&A: buff.ly/0PjcuTF
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Chinese carmakers, struggling in a price war, are trimming costs by cutting out expensive EV batteries from China's biggest battery maker.
The trend, dubbed 'de-CATLization,' has already wiped 750 billion yuan ($1 billion) off its market value. buff.ly/d5ExrXb
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How does China manage AI?
Beijing is now focused on more than just 'content management.' Take a look at the government bodies responsible for setting standards, coordinating the models, and evaluating risk: buff.ly/SlX8BAr
How does China manage AI?
Beijing is now focused on more than just 'content management.' Take a look at the government bodies responsible for setting standards, coordinating the models, and evaluating risk: buff.ly/SlX8BAr
Chinese carmakers, struggling in a price war, are trimming costs by cutting out expensive EV batteries from China's biggest battery maker.
The trend, dubbed 'de-CATLization,' has already wiped 750 billion yuan ($1 billion) off its market value. buff.ly/d5ExrXb
How did large numbers of Uyghurs come to leave western China and fight in Syria's civil war?
@EmilyZFeng has reported on Xinjiang issues since 2017. In her latest book, she interviews the Uyghur fighters far from home. Read the full Q&A: buff.ly/0PjcuTF