The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple, by compromising America’s technology supply chain.

Activists hoped President Obama would fight for stronger regulation. Eight years later, they’re still waiting.

The dangerous work of harvesting your food.

“It’s basically bankruptcy for profit.”

The paper reports on a battle of its own.

The CIA’s declassified account of the two decades two young officers spent as captives after being shot down over China during the Korean War.

“None of this should have ever happened. It makes absolutely no sense at all. It’s truly crazy.”

“We’re trying really hard to make things better,” said one former Apple executive. “But most people would still be really disturbed if they saw where their iPhone comes from.”

Previously: “Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class”

Inside the world of targeted marketing.

China is securing sub-Saharan Africa’s natural resources at a staggering rate. With the buying spree comes contracts, workers, and of course, politics. (Part 1 of a 6 part series, rest here)

On the ever-expanding world of targeted online advertising.

We stopped at a service station where there were old truck drivers, their vehicles festooned with red banners: “All-out war against the virus, weather hard times together.” The drivers wore their masks down around their chins as they smoked. I asked for water at the only open shop, and the assistant pulled his jacket up to cover his mouth before saying “over there.”

On the world’s biggest polluter.

The culturally-bound mechanics of comedy.

On the railways of China and a trip aboard its latest spectacle, a $32 billion line carrying passengers between Shanghai and Beijing at 170 MPH.

Solving the mystery of Wilbur Ross’ missing fortune.

Forty-five days of avoiding the coronavirus.

How a touring dance company battles the Chinese Communist Party.

On boot camps designed to break kids of their web addiction.

An investigation into the killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

How the social networks that popped up in Facebook’s absence—the site is not available behind the Great Firewall—are changing Chinese culture.

Inside China’s vast new experiment in social ranking.

While political leaders trade threats, the pandemic has made Americans even more reliant on China’s manufacturers.

On “If You Are the One”, the smash hit Chinese dating show that raised the ire of censors.

A profile of the policy wonk who shone the light and turned the tide on overseas tax havens.