While diplomatic talks have been restarted between the US and China — hardly surprising in light of US Secretary of State Blinken’s upcoming trip to Beijing in early 2023 — the main event on the conflict escalation watch continues to play out in the tech arena.  The...

So, Xi Jinping finally caved on one of his signature policies. Apart from the hopelessly impractical zero-Covid approach to dealing with the highly transmissible, but less lethal, Omicron strain of the virus, two key developments forced this concession: increasingly...

The passing of China’s third-generation leader, as Jiang Zemin’s presidency (1993 to 2003)  is categorized in modern Chinese history, underscores the important contrast between then and now.  He was Deng Xiaoping’s (China’s second-generation leader) hand-picked...