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The Self-Driving Truck Startup That Siphoned Trade Secrets to Chinese Companiesby Heather Somervillevia Wall Street Journal on May 26, 2025 China’s New Private Economy Promotion Law: Good Intentions Meet Weak Government Accountabilityby Jamie P. Horsleyvia NPC Observer on May 22, 2025 China’s First Law to Promote Private Enterprise: What Does It Mean?by Catherine Tai and Andrew Wilsonvia The Diplomat on May 19, 2025 New Guidelines for Implementing China’s Anti-Foreign Sanctions…

Trump tariff twists drive Chinese manufacturers to Southeast Asiaby Stella Yifan Xie and Peggy Yevia Nikkei Asia on May 14, 2025 Western carmakers risk wipeout in China, warns Jeep owner Stellantisby Kana Inagaki, Patricia Nilsson, Ian Johnston and Mari Novikvia Financial Times on May 15, 2025 EU ‘has no interest’ in reviving stalled investment deal with Chinaby Dewey Simvia South China Morning Post on May 15, 2025 Starbucks kicks off…

WTO chief warns US bilateral tariff deals could put trade principle at riskby Leo Lewisvia Financial Times on May 15, 2025 VIDEO – The REAL Reason the US Is Betting on Tariffsby Phil Andrewsvia Maxinomics on January 8, 2025 Shein to set up huge Vietnam warehouse in US tariff hedge, sources sayby Francesco Guarasciovia Reuters on May 15, 2025 Nvidia modifies H20 chip for China to overcome US export controls,…

TSMC, Intel and other top chipmakers slow Japan, Malaysia expansionsby Cheng Tingfang and Lauly Livia Nikkei Asia on March 28, 2025 China Says It Is Aiming to Coordinate Tariff Response with Japan, South Koreavia Wall Street Journal on April 1, 2025 China PMIs Show Some Signs of Economic Green Shoots Ahead of Tariffsvia Wall Street Journal on March 31, 2025 China’s Big State Banks to Get $71.6 Billion Capital Injectionvia…

Pacific nation of Kiribati explores deep sea mining deal with Chinavia Islands Business on March 19, 2025 China's restaurants race to the bottom in deflation-hit economyby Laurie Chenvia Reuters on March 21, 2025 Switching off plants: Chinese copper smelters grapple with margin collapseby Lewis Jacksonvia Reuters on March 20, 2025 BYD aims to double overseas sales to 800,000 in 2025, chairman tells analystsvia Reuters on March 26, 2025 China’s rare…

China Says It Has ‘Ample’ Policy Tools to Spur Growthvia Wall Street Journal on March 6, 2025 China Is Secretly Worried Trump Will Win on Tradeby Lingling Wei and Alex Learyvia Wall Street Journal on March 5, 2025 9 takeaways from the economic briefing at China’s ‘two sessions’by Mandy Zuovia South China Morning Post on March 6, 2025 As China’s ‘employment problems’ mount, Premier Li vows to create jobs, ward off povertyby…

How not to get seduced by foreign spies: China’s spy agencyby Qian Langvia Radio Free Asia on February 7, 2025 Bail denied for Hong Kong woman arrested by nat. security police for allegedly helping fugitive protestersby James Leevia Hong Kong Free Press on February 8, 2025 Hong Kong police arrest man in connection with helping 4 2019 protesters hide from authoritiesby Hillary Leungvia Hong Kong Free Press on February 10,…

The Dalai Lama Shares Thoughts on China and the Future in a New Bookby Alexandra Altervia New York Times on January 23, 2025 How (un)popular is China’s Communist Party?via The Economist on January 23, 2025 China’s anti-spy agency urges travellers to protect state secrets during holiday tripsby William Zhengvia South China Morning Post on January 23, 2025 In China, Government Data on Drugs Blocked from Public After Backlashby Alexandra Stevenson…

In Future Motion, Inc. v. Lai, decided Jan. 7 by Judge Michael Simon (D. Or.) (appeal filed Wednesday), plaintiff sued defendant for patent infringement, and Judge Simon issued an injunction that purported to bind not just defendant but others: [I]n accordance with the Court's inherent equitable power to issue provisional remedies ancillary to its authority to provide final equitable relief, any internet service provider including but not limited to any…

Growing the U.S. economy is at the top of President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, and tackling the many challenges in the U.S.-Chinese trade and investment relationship will be central to realizing this objective. Much of Trump’s rhetoric has focused on the use of tariffs: tariffs to rebalance the bilateral trade deficit, tariffs to incentivize U.S. multinational firms to reshore their supply chains and reduce their reliance on Chinese manufacturing, and tariffs…

The economic proposals of both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris present a target-rich environment. In many ways, they ignore sound economic thinking. In one short article, I can’t deal with all of both candidates’ proposals and thinking on economics. In this article, I’ll focus on taxes and spending where, it’s fair to say, Harris is substantially worse. Unfortunately, although Trump is better, he’s not good. Taxes One of the best…

Incitement, solicitation, fighting words, threats, bad tendencies, and more, with special attention to NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co. (1982), the Court’s little-publicized precedent on the subject. Eugene Volokh is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. For thirty years, he had been a professor at the University of California – Los Angeles School of Law, where he has taught First Amendment law, copyright law, criminal law, tort law, and firearms regulation policy. Volokh…

The fascination with the sea is as old as man. The famous cry—thalatta, thalatta—of Xenophon’s beleaguered 10,000 Greek soldiers (or of what remained of them) upon seeing the familiar waters of the Black Sea after returning from war, showed a loving familiarity with the sea. The Romans embraced the Mediterranean as their own sea—Mare Nostrum—even if they faced it with some trepidation, preferring to have their legions firmly grounded on…

Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA) – Hoover fellows and scholars affiliated with the institution’s Military History in Contemporary Conflict Working Group explored the history and use of proxy wars, and what they mean for modern great-power competition, at a conference on March 22, 2024. The group talked about proxy wars dating back to ancient Greece, how they led to larger major global conflicts in history, the US experience with proxy wars,…

As we approach the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine this Saturday, ask yourself a simple question: is Europe at war? When I put this to a room full of participants at the Munich security conference last Sunday, most of them raised their hands to say yes, Europe is at war. But then I asked a second question: do you think most people in your own country have…

Regulation does not necessarily stifle innovation, as many tech firms claim, but can in fact encourage a more sustainable, ethical side of proceedings, says Chirantan Chatterjee of University of Sussex Business School As we arrive in the last quarter of 2023, there is a general impression globally that while the AI genie is out of the bottle, the genie needs to be regulated, otherwise there may be unanticipated consequences. An…

This interview focuses on a chapter from A Nation at Risk +40, a report by the Hoover Education Success Initiative (HESI) that looks back at the birth, struggles, and future of the modern school reform movement. Maria D. Fitzpatrick is professor of economics and public policy in the Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University. (Download her  chapter here and the full publication here.)   Q. How would you…

Alliances matter. Not even superpowers can go it alone. Today alliances around the world are shifting, and not always in America’s favor. To be sure, there has been some good news for the United States and its friends. The Ukraine War has revived NATO as an alliance and (largely) unified it in support of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the formerly neutral Finland and Sweden applied for membership in NATO: Finland joined in…

Last year, the SEC released very ambitious proposals for disclosures on climate-related issues with these soothing words: “Our core bargain from the 1930s is that investors get to decide which risks to take, as long as public companies provide full and fair disclosure and are truthful in those disclosures.” In the abstract, this message contains a good deal of sense. But in the concrete, the proposition contains some major ambiguities…

  The US’s historical ascent to global dominance, and the implications for China, Russia, and today’s geopolitical landscape On this week’s WhoWhatWhy podcast, we delve into the dynamics of rising powers with Sean A. Mirski, author of the new book, We May Dominate the World. Mirski, a lawyer and foreign policy scholar, has worked on national security issues for several US presidential administrations. He is a member of the Council…