What Should China Do about Its Aging Population?
Though it has yet to be released, China’s latest ten-year census is certain to confirm what demographers have warned of for years: A labor crisis looms as the fertility rate …
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New Data Show Hong Kong’s National Security Arrests Follow a Pattern
When a new National Security Law for Hong Kong went into effect on June 30, 2020, some observers believed it might serve more as a latent threat than an active …
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The Right Way to Bring Chinese STEM Talent Back to the U.S.
Last month, the U.S. government tightened its restrictions on Huawei, limiting what licensed companies can sell the Chinese telecommunications giant. It was another sign that President Joe Biden is willing …
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‘I Stand the Law’s Good Servant, but the People’s First’
On April 16, Hong Kong’s High Court sentenced 10 of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy activists for their role in leading unauthorized protests in August 2019. Although the protests were peaceful …
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Hong Kong’s National Security Law
The National Security Law (NSL) constitutes one of the greatest threats to human rights and the rule of law in Hong Kong since the 1997 handover. This report analyzes the …
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Will Protests against China Push Beijing to Intervene in Myanmar?
Among the earliest images to go viral at the start of Myanmar’s anti-coup protests was a photo of an airplane unloading cargo. Source unknown, the picture was often paired with …
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Shielding Corporate Interests, Europe Leaves NGOs Working in China by the Wayside
In late December 2020, at the end of a very turbulent year in Europe-China relations, and after more than seven years of often strenuous negotiations, the European Union (EU) and …
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Abandoning Criticism of China’s Government Isn’t the Right Way to End Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S.
The recent surge of anti-Asian violence across the U.S., culminating in the tragedy of the Atlanta shooting, reminds us that the mainstream (mis)representation of Asian Americans as a model minority …
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Hong Kong’s Economic Future | ChinaFile
When large-scale protests began to blanket Hong Kong’s streets in 2019, economists and investors warned that erosion of the territory’s freedoms and political institutions threatened its unique financial market. The …
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Seeing the CCP Clearly | ChinaFile
In a speech at the Republican National Convention last August, Chen Guangcheng, a blind, iron-willed human rights lawyer and dissident from China whom the Obama administration brought to the United …
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