To bridge the Pacific Ocean. The social, political, and economic contexts shaping U.S.–China relations; how China and other countries are carefully recalculating their national interests; and the misunderstandings between China and the United States—particularly how deep-rooted cultural, historical, social, economic, and governance differences shape each country’s worldview.
The rapid construction of Huoshenshan Hospital was neither a chance miracle nor a rhetorical myth, but a concentrated demonstration of China’s emergency governance capacity in action. From the decision to build on January 23, 2020, to its handover on February 2, a fully functional 1,000-bed infectious disease hospital rose in just ten days—an outcome made … Read more
This thought experiment assumes that by 2035 China has not surpassed the U.S.–Taiwan axis at the absolute semiconductor frontier. TSMC and its partners continue to dominate leading-edge logic at 2nm–1.4nm, along with high-end AI training and peak transistor density and efficiency. China’s strategic position is instead bounded by clear limits: at the upper end, near-complete … Read more
The rise and decline of semiconductor industries are seldom the product of isolated technological breakthroughs or individual genius. Rather, they are shaped by market structure, sustained cash flow, and the passage of time—conditions that allow capability, cost efficiency, and scale to compound. China’s rapid ascent in electric vehicles demonstrates this logic clearly: success emerged not … Read more