Faced with many of the same challenges, either country — socialist China or capitalist United States — is capable of securing the technological advantage so long as it can provide an effective governance system that fosters progress.

China has experienced a new surge in coronavirus cases over the last month, leading to lockdowns and an expedited vaccination drive.

China’s historic moon landing is the first of its kind in over 44 years— yet it’s a victory that won’t be shared in full due to frosty relationships between China and the leading space-power: the United States.

The new year marks 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party. The formation of the Party is a reminder of the challenges China faced within the past century, and its centennial represents the power it wields.

Noted Harvard biographer of Deng Xiaoping and China’s modern transformation died in December at age 90. He left behind a remarkable literary contribution on China, filled with personal insights about one of the country’s premier leaders.

Stabilizing U.S.-China relations remains one of the top items on President-elect Biden’s agenda for 2021, but in order to do so mutual trust and cooperation must be restored. The incoming administration should seek to revive cultural, educational, and people-to-people exchange in order to repair the years’ worth of structural damage.

China is investing heavily in space technology while the US’s program seems to grow more stagnant. If China continues on their current trajectory, they could replace the US as the world’s leading space power.

Throughout the Trump administration, policies on U.S.-China educational exchange became increasingly narrow and increasingly hostile. While a degree of suspicion is warranted, open exchange remains necessary to secure a competitive edge in the global economic and political arena.

China is working on a robust plan to vaccinate 50 million people by the Chinese New Year.

Capitalism’s internal flaws raise barriers that impede the progress of Western values around the world. The frequent crises have led to an acute loss of faith in those values. In the long run, the West itself may become less Western.