China - Quillette (Page 4)

America the Indispensable

As the US was convulsed by the Floyd protests and violence in 2020, the Chinese foreign minister had the gall to denounce the “systemic and persistent existence” of repression of “people of color.”

Joel Kotkin

18 Aug 2021 · 13 min read

White Lotus, Red Dragon—China’s History of Millenarian Dissent

When one woman refused and snapped at them to “go away,” they attacked her with a chair and mop handle.

Aaron Sarin

29 May 2021 · 14 min read

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