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MAKE AMERICA CHINA AGAIN

WORK • HOW CHINA DOES THE JOB BATTERIES, BOTS, AND BABIES

LUCKY SCOOP • HOW A BACKWATER COUNTY IN JIANGSU PROVINCE RAISED AN ARMY OF LIVESTREAMERS AND TURNED ITSELF INTO THE CRYSTAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

POWER PLAY • WITH FACTORIES AND MANUFACTURING DEALS ON NEARLY EVERY CONTINENT, CHINESE BATTERY COMPANIES ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD.

HELLO, HUMANOID • THE FIRST ROBOT WORKFORCE TO WALK AMONG HUMANS WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE CHINESE.

BABY MAKER • HE JIANKUI SPENT THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR CREATING THE WORLD’S FIRST GENE-EDITED BABIES. NOW HE’S AGAIN HOPING TO MODIFY HUMAN EMBRYOS.

INSIDE CHINA’S AI REGISTRY • FROM ALIBABA TO ZHIPU, THOUSANDS OF CHINESE COMPANIES ARE TAKING PART IN THE DOMESTIC AI BOOM—AND THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS TABS ON THEM ALL.

PLAY • HOW CHINA EXPORTS FUN APPS, ANIMATIONS, AND AI BOYFRIENDS

THE AI BOYFRIEND BOOM • IN CHINA, IT’S GEN Z WOMEN, NOT MEN, WHO ARE DOMINATING THE MARKET FOR DIGITAL PARTNERS.

THIS IS WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE • THE BIGGEST ANIMATED MOVIE IN THE WORLD WAS MADE IN CHINA. IT CONCEALS AN UGLY TRUTH.

WATCH THIS SPACE • KIDS AS YOUNG AS 5 ARE WEARING SMARTWATCHES THAT PLUNGE THEM INTO A WORLD OF POPULARITY CONTESTS, ENGAGEMENT HACKS, AND EVEN DATING.

SCREEN TIME • HOME SCREENS ARE A WINDOW INTO THE SOUL OF A PERSON—AND MAYBE EVEN A COUNTRY.

HOME GROWN HEROES • THESE DAYS, IT’S NOT IMPORTS THAT ARE EXCITING CHINESE CONSUMERS, IT’S LOCAL BRANDS. AND SOME ARE GOING GLOBAL.

OBEY • HOW CHINA KEEPS CONTROL MOONSHOTS, MEGAWATTS, AND MODERN MALAISE

ECLIPSED • THE US DECLARED A SPACE RACE WITH CHINA—AND GAVE ITSELF ALMOST ZERO CHANCE OF WINNING.

HOT, CHEAP, AND OUT OF CONTROL • CHINA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY REVOLUTION——AND ITS GLOBAL ONSLAUGHT OF CHEAP POWER— – IS A HUGE MESS THAT MIGHT SAVE THE WORLD.

MISSED CONNEC TIONS • SHE WAS RELINQUISHED BY HER CHINESE PARENTS AS AN INFANT, RAISED IN THE UNITED STATES, AND SPENT 14 YEARS TRYING TO FIND A WAY BACK.

THE GREAT CHINESE NOVEL • MILLIONS OF WORDS. HUNDREDS OF AUTHORS. THE MORNING STAR OF LINGAO IS BARELY KNOWN OUTSIDE CHINA—BUT IT’S THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE COUNTRY’S MODERNIZATION AND MALAISE.

SCAM. SURVIVE. EXPOSE. ESCAPE. • A SOURCE TRAPPED INSIDE A SOUTHEAST ASIAN SCAM COMPOUND CONTACTED WIRED, DETERMINED TO LEAK HIS CAPTORS’ SECRETS IN REAL TIME.

EVERY THING’S BIGGEST IN CHINA • IF CHINA IS ANYTHING, indisputably, it’s big. Second only to India in population, it has the world’s largest economy (by at least one metric) and exports the most goods. But is bigger always better? Let’s compare sizes.