China's AI Pains and Gains
AI is driving layoffs and discontent across the United States. China wants to avoid the same problems — or is it already too late? Reporter Rachel Cheung and editor Tom Mitchell discuss her recent ar...
12 Jun 17min
How the PLA Tried To Get Nvidia's Chips
SALE: We’re offering your first month of The Wire China for just one dollar. More details below! For years, the United States has tried to stop China from getting its most advanced chips out of concer...
5 Jun 21min
When the Chips Are Down, Turn to China?
SALE: We’re offering your first month of The Wire China for just one dollar. More details below! The world is facing a global memory chip shortage, with companies scrambling to buy what they can. The ...
29 Mai 11min
The New AI Winners: Picks and Shovels
SALE: We’re offering your first month of The Wire China for just one dollar. More details below! Move over, DeepSeek and Minimax. Investors are flocking to a new set of AI winners: the Chinese manufac...
22 Mai 16min
A Troubled Road for TP-Link
SALE: We’re offering your first month of The Wire China for just one dollar. More details below! TP-Link is having a tough year. The California-based, Shenzhen-founded internet router company can’t se...
15 Mai 19min
China’s Missing Reporters
There are fewer U.S. journalists working in China now than at any point since the two countries normalized relations in the 1970s. Today, the New York Times has one reporter in the country, the Wall S...
8 Mai 17min
Super Micro’s Super Smugglers
Another day, another AI chip smuggling ring has been busted by the United States government. But this one is different: for the first time, executives from U.S. server manufacturer Super Micro have be...
24 Apr 21min
Crypto Leverage: a Controversial Chinese Export
In the high-stakes world of cryptocurrency, traders are writing big checks with borrowed funds — a risky investment trend known as leveraging. To understand whether this will help or hurt the industry...
17 Apr 19min
