People's Republic of China - The Atlantic

People's Republic of China

National Security

‘Some Foreign Influence Will Be Hard to Reverse’

January 14, 2026

President Xi of China meeting with the President of Lima

Some Other Things Donald Trump Will Probably Try to Buy

Alexandra Petri

January 12, 2026

trump looking at globe

Trump Is Not Playing Five-Dimensional Chess in Venezuela

January 10, 2026

Black-and-white photograph of many birds flying in front of a building draped with a banner of Trump's face

Photos of the Week: Icy Hearts, Warm Beach, Raging Fire

January 9, 2026

A reveler dressed as Frankenstein's monster plunges into the ocean during a polar bear plunge event.

National Security

The Hole in Trump’s Rationale for Acquiring Greenland

Isaac Stanley-Becker and Vivian Salama

January 9, 2026

Ice floes form patterns in Baffin Bay above the arctic circle

Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing

January 5, 2026

Donald Trump in the middle of concentric circles

Maybe Russia and China Should Sit This One Out

January 3, 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping

The Race for Global Domination in AI

Michael Schuman

January 3, 2026

A robot hand holding a racing flag

I Bought ‘GLP-3’

December 23, 2025

a person standing on a scale

Photos of the Week: London Fog, Scooter Blankets, Giant Snowman

December 19, 2025

A person takes a photo in New York City's Central Park, where bare trees all covered in fresh snow, and people are walking over a stone arch bridge.

‘Nobody Knows What to Do About the Future’

December 17, 2025

A distorted portrait of Khamenei with the reflection of overhead lights over one of his eyes

The Longest Suicide Note in American History

December 16, 2025

A color photograph of a White House door at night, seen behind a hedge and between two columns.

The Real Reason for the Hong Kong Fire

Timothy McLaughlin

December 13, 2025

A photo of charred towers in Hong Kong

Sam Altman Got What He Wanted

December 12, 2025

A black-and-white photo of Sam Altman looking off to the side. Behind him are abstract blue shapes, including an oval showing a close-up of President Trump's hands signing his name with a thick black marker, set against a light gray background.

Trump Is Throwing Away America’s AI Dominance

December 12, 2025

Photograph of Donald Trump and Jensen Huang shaking hands behind a podium

Banning AI Regulation Would Be a Disaster

December 11, 2025

Silhouette of the United States over a background of ones and zeros

2025 in Photos: Wrapping Up the Year

December 10, 2025

A person carries an American flag as they walk through a cloud of tear gas at a protest outside of an ICE facility.

2025 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months

December 9, 2025

A nighttime view of the Earth, from orbit, with a bright blue-and-red bolt of electrical energy shooting up from a lightning strike in a storm below

A Strategy That Ignores the Real Threats

December 8, 2025

Photograph of two figures (left, Pete Hegseth) seen from behind, looking up at a fighter jet formation flying in a blue sky

Trump’s Security Strategy Is Incoherent Babble

December 5, 2025

Photograph of an American flag flying above the White House

Rising Prices Are Bad, but Plummeting Prices Are Worse

Michael Schuman

December 1, 2025

A woman looking overwhelmed by products in a Chinese grocery store.

Who’s Ready to Think About Blocking Out the Sun?

Alexander C. Kaufman

November 24, 2025

a plane streaks something across the sky

Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future

November 23, 2025

a group of people are silhouetted by the light at the entrance of a pavilion at COP30 in Brasil

Photos of the Week: Christmas Market, Mountain Frost, Penguin Outing

November 21, 2025

A giraffe rears on its hind legs, puling against ropes as a group of rangers try to guide it into a crate for transport.

What if ‘America First’ Appears to Work?

November 18, 2025

An illustration shows a figure puncturing a two-dimensional rendering of a globe with a sword

The Criminal Enterprise Behind That Fake Toll Text

November 12, 2025

Illustration of an iPhone fashioned as a mousetrap

China’s EV Market Is Imploding

Michael Schuman

November 11, 2025

Photo of electric vehicles waiting at the Shanghai Port terminal to be loaded onto ships for export.

Photos of the Week: Dinosaur Sweater, Miniature Park, Hippo Calf

November 7, 2025

President Donald Trump stands by as attendees help a guest after he collapsed during an event in the Oval Office.

The Real Worry About Trump’s Deals With China

Michael Schuman

October 30, 2025

Photograph of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shaking hands, as Trump speaks into Xi’s ear

China Is Building the Future

Eric Schmidt and Selina Xu

October 29, 2025

Photograph of humanoid robots working at an information desk at China's Zhongguancun International Innovation Center

Trump Teaches Canada What It Means to be a U.S. Ally Now

October 28, 2025

Graphic illustration of two hands pulling a rope in opposite directions, to the point that the thinned rope is about to snap.

Trump Is Demolishing Four Pillars of American Power

October 28, 2025

A photo-illustration showing Donald Trump and protesters climbing the Berlin Wall

The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model

October 27, 2025

photo illustration showing a pixellated image of the Pentagon

China Gets Tough on Trump

Michael Schuman

October 23, 2025

Illustration of Xi Jinping in black and white against a red-and-white background

Putin Has a New Tool to Monitor Russians

October 11, 2025

A GIF of an app icon that spins around to reveal a camera

Trump’s Dodgy Plan for TikTok

October 11, 2025

Illustration of the TikTok icon wrapped up in a yellow bow like a gift