Christopher Nolan’s new film, “Oppenheimer,” will be released in China at the end of this month. This leads to an intriguing question. What might the
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Off-Planet Extraction Plans: China and U.S. Go Into the Dark Together
At the start of this year, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson warned that the “free world” is locked in a space race with China. Since then, high profile
Tsunami Fears and the Closing of U.S. Navy Shipyards
At a time when China’s ship-building capacity is 232 times greater than the U.S.’s, the U.S. Navy closed four of its few dry docks due to ‘seismic
Huawei’s Semiconductor Progress Doesn’t Necessarily Mean U.S. Chip Sanctions Failing
Leading Chinese tech company Huawei can now “make chips at the equivalent of 7 [nanometers], the powerful semiconductors typically used in 5G phones,”
Human Rights in China, Mid-July, 2023: From Barbie to the Belt and Road
In the land where the lies are so numerous that cover-ups come in bundles, censors smothered news about an academic research paper that revealed
Is China Leading the Charge on Deep-Sea Mining? Not Really
This month, last-ditch attempts are being made to negotiate regulations for deep-sea mining, with the ugly possibility that exploration could begin
With Record Carbon Emissions, China’s Path Seems Less Sustainable Than Ever
David Stern, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University and Khalid Ahmed, Australian National University Carbon emissions
What Is the ‘Nine-Dash Line,’ and Why Did Vietnam Ban the Barbie Movie?
Donald Rothwell, Australian National University The new Barbie film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is set for imminent release. But
Human Rights in China, June End, 2023: Birthday Dispatches
Presiding for life over an economy beyond reproach, Xi Jinping has once again achieved the feat of stifling his own birthday. On June 15, he marked
U.S. Feverishly Building Arsenal of ‘Taiwan-Saving’ Missiles
From modified Tomahawks that can be launched by Marines to HIMARS-deployed anti-ship missiles, the U.S. is making up for lost time by quickly building
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Blinken’s China Trip
North Korean and conservative U.S. commentators saw Blinken’s visit and statements as a display of weakness and a disaster for Taiwan, while liberal
Human Rights in China, Mid-June, 2023: Long COVID and 占占占人
Late May to early June is the season of erasure in China, but Tiananmen 1989 is not the only uprising that authorities would like to delete from