China - Quillette (Page 4)

Europe, China, and the New Global Hierarchy

Europe has benefited greatly from the fact that the dominant power for the past 75 years has been a liberal democracy—a flawed liberal democracy, no doubt, but a liberal democracy all the same.

Aaron Sarin

19 Apr 2021 · 11 min read

China and the Question of Taiwan

In modern-day China, nationalism is at its strongest when dealing with the idea—almost an article of religious faith—that the independent island nation of Taiwan is in fact a Chinese state and must be unified with the mainland as soon as possible.

Aaron Sarin

2 Feb 2021 · 13 min read

A Brief History of China's One-Child Policy

In a dizzying volte-face, the world’s most murderously anti-natalist regime has become its most pleadingly pro-natalist.

Aaron Sarin

25 Nov 2020 · 15 min read

Is China the Governance of the Future?

Jacques is one of the most enthusiastic boosters of China in the West, and his book aims to show that an increasingly dynamic China will soon lay a claim to global hegemony.

John Lloyd

10 Oct 2020 · 15 min read

Pax Americana is Here to Stay

Lost in much of the fretting (or boasting) about American declinism is the massive lead the American economy continues to hold over China, despite four decades of rapid growth for the latter.

Imran Said

18 Aug 2020 · 8 min read

I Was Invited to Testify on Energy Policy. Then Democrats Didn't Let Me Speak

What, exactly, had I said that was so dangerous as to lead Democrats to engage in character assassination and undermine liberal democratic norms? Nothing I hadn’t already said last January when I testified before Congress about climate change and energy.

Michael Shellenberger

29 Jul 2020 · 6 min read

Liberal Democracies Should Open Their Doors to Hongkongers

Accepting Hongkongers into our countries would be good for us.

Owen Lewis

8 Jul 2020 · 7 min read

Can the Chinese Communist Party Achieve Global Dominance?

Aaron Sarin

29 Jun 2020 · 15 min read

From India’s Himalayan Border to Our Local Cell Networks, It’s Time to Push Back Against China

The Indian border is only one of the many fronts on which China has been taking advantage of the worldwide economic downturn and political paralysis caused by COVID-19 to move aggressively—an ironic result given the source of the disease.

Cleo Paskal

20 Jun 2020 · 8 min read

Do We Really Want a New Cold War?

Politicians and the commentariat keep shouting “China is not our friend!” But friendship is a good thing, the most rewarding of all human relationships.

James Hankins

24 May 2020 · 6 min read

PODCAST 90: John Lloyd on the Geopolitical Fall-Out From the Coronavirus Crisis

John Lloyd, co-founder of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford, talks to Toby Young about the geopolitical fall-out from the coronavirus crisis. Will the Conservatives win the next UK election? Can the EU recover its authority? And is this China’s Chernobyl? John recently wrote about

Toby Young

14 May 2020 · 1 min read

Press Censorship Has Always Hurt Democracy. In the Age of COVID-19, It's Also Killing People

Freedom of the press is a fundamental human right and a key pillar of democracy.

Brad Polumbo

30 Apr 2020 · 5 min read

Will There Be a New Cold War with China? A Reply to Niall Ferguson

Americans have suddenly grown fearful of the growth of Chinese power.

Matt Johnson

8 Apr 2020 · 9 min read

China: Exploiting False Accusations of Racism

When confronted, China frequently accuses its critics of racism. Last month, for example, Beijing expelled three Wall Street Journal reporters in retribution for an opinion column titled “China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia.” China Daily, a Communist Party mouthpiece, declared the headline “astonishingly racist”—despite the fact the

Thomas Brown

12 Mar 2020 · 3 min read

How Damaging Will the Coronavirus be to Xi Jinping’s Authority?

Xi’s hope is that he can present himself as the strong man—the decisive leader—who saved China and the world from the virus.

Brian Eaton

13 Feb 2020 · 5 min read