History
Chinese Civil War in the 1800s
The mid nineteenth century nearly broke the Qing empire. Between 1850 and 1878 China was consumed by overlapping civil wars whose combined death toll ranks among the highest in human history.
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History
Sanguineous Chinese History
China’s history contains some of the largest recorded episodes of mass death in human experience, not because Chinese people are uniquely violent, but because the country has long combined enormous population, recurring cycles of unification and collapse, ideological campaigns, and weak constraints on state power.
Places
Beijing’s Second Back Door
Some airports are machines for moving bodies.
Culture
The Timeless Wisdom of Sun Tzu
The philosophical depth of Sun Tzu extends far beyond military conflict.
Culture
The Architecture of Harmony
During an era defined by fractured kingdoms, relentless violence, and the disintegration of moral authority, a solitary scholar walked the winding dusty roads of central China.
History
The First Emperor of Clay and Steel
In the year 221 BCE, a man who had spent his life surrounded by violence, intrigue, and relentless warfare looked out over a landscape transformed by his own hand.
Economy
The Pharmacy Behind the Pharmacy
The pill in a Western blister pack is a finished object. It has a brand, a barcode, a country of origin printed on the carton that is usually India, Ireland, Germany, or the United States. That label is not a lie.
Science & Tech
The Airport That Came Before the Aircraft
At two o’clock on the afternoon of 5 May 2017, runway four at Shanghai Pudong went quiet in the particular way a busy airport goes quiet when everyone has agreed to look at one aeroplane.
Economy
The Parcel at the Door
On 12 February 2023, in the first quarter of the Super Bowl at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, a thirty-second film appeared twice.
Economy
Xiaomi Is More Than China’s Samsung
Xiaomi is a consumer-electronics company that used phones as a beachhead, built one of the world’s largest IoT ecosystems, and then did what Apple spent a decade and roughly $10 billion failing to do: put a competitive electric car on the road in three years.
Culture
The Living Architecture of Chinese Social Life
Few words travel from Chinese into English as often, or as incompletely, as guanxi (关系). Dictionaries render it as “relationships” or “connections.” Business handbooks treat it as a networking tactic.
Economy
Build Your Dreams
In March 2025, a battery company from Shenzhen that had once made the electronics in your laptop overtook Tesla to become the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles.
