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Brian Spegele

ARTICLES BY BRIAN SPEGELE

An aerial view of vehicles awaiting their export at a port in Nanjing, eastern China's Jiangsu province. China’s exports, rising 5.4% in the first 11 months of the year, have proven to be a bright spot in an economy that is beset by challenges. (File Photo: AFP)

China is too big to rely on exports for growth, IMF chief warns

3 min read . 10 Dec 2025

China installed 295,000 industrial robots last year, nearly nine times as many as the U.S. and more than the rest of the world combined. (AFP)

Robots and AI are already remaking the Chinese economy

10 min read . 25 Nov 2025

Police officers guard at the main entrance door to a building where Zion church is located after the church was shutdown by authorities in Beijing, Sept. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/File)

Beijing detains prominent underground pastor, complicating US-China ties

4 min read . 12 Oct 2025

An oil field with power lines in New Mexico. Photo: Ramsay de Give for WSJ

The US is forfeiting the clean-energy race to China

7 min read . 22 Sept 2025

China boosted oil output by 13% from 2018 to 2024, to around 4.3 million barrels a day. (Bloomberg)

How China curbed its oil addiction—and blunted a US pressure point

9 min read . 22 Jul 2025

Xi Jinping bowed to applause at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in March. GREG BAKER/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

The fortress that China built for its battle with America

8 min read . 22 May 2025

Chinese official are hoping to offset a hit to trade by boosting domestic consumption.

China bets Trump will back down on tariffs

5 min read . 24 Apr 2025

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reacts during a press conference on the sideline of the National People's Congress in Beijing, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (AP)

China scolds ‘two-faced’ US in rebuke of Trump’s agenda

4 min read . 07 Mar 2025

Chinese companies have emerged as the leading producers of the chemical ingredients used to make fentanyl, which are known as precursors. (File Photo: Reuters)

A guide to China’s role in the fentanyl crisis as Trump targets Beijing

5 min read . 02 Mar 2025

BYD electric cars for export wait to be loaded onto a ship at a port in China. The success of China’s electric-vehicle makers has ignited fears that the country may eclipse the West in some cutting-edge sectors. (Photo: AFP)

China’s Xi is building an economic fortress against US pressure

7 min read . 11 Feb 2025

(Alexandra Citrin-Safadi/WSJ: iStock)

In China, a cat-and-mouse game to rein in crypto

7 min read . 26 Jan 2025

A spate of deadly attacks in China in recent weeks—including mass stabbings and car-ramming incidents—has unnerved officials and ordinary people alike. (File Photo: Reuters)

China races to squelch unrest as signs of economic malaise spread

6 min read . 16 Dec 2024

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping. China has freed three Americans considered wrongfully detained in a swap with the United States. (Photo: AFP)

Inside a high-stakes US-China prisoner swap

8 min read . 07 Dec 2024

Passengers at the Chengdu East Railway Station. (Photo by Gilles Sabrie for WSJ)

China is building 30,000 miles of high-speed rail—that it might not need

10 min read . 21 Nov 2024

President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping. (File Photo: Reuters)

Trump’s win signals more confrontation with Beijing

5 min read . 07 Nov 2024

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Gen. Zhang Youxia, a vice chairman of the Communist Party’s Central Military Commission. Photo: ng han guan/Reuters

US and Chinese militaries find reason to start talking again

5 min read . 12 Sept 2024

In this photo released on July 18, 2024, by Xinhua News Agency Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held from July 15 to 18 in Beijing. China's ruling Communist Party wrapped up a top-level meeting on Thursday by endorsing policies aimed at advancing the country's technological power and fortifying its national security.(Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP) (AP)

China’s Xi pushes to keep US ties steady through bumpy presidential race

5 min read . 29 Aug 2024

The status of the chemicals has proven a diplomatic sticking point for the past two and half years,. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (REUTERS)

China restricts fentanyl chemicals after years of US pressure

3 min read . 07 Aug 2024

Figures of Deadpool and Wolverine at a videogame fair in Shanghai last month. Photo: Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images

How Disney’s Deadpool danced around China’s censors—cocaine, f-bombs and all

5 min read . 03 Aug 2024

Chinese Premier Li Qiang met the Japanese and South Korean leaders during a two-day visit to Seoul. PHOTO: LEE JIN-MAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

China courts US’s top Asian allies on trade, but will it succeed?

5 min read . 27 May 2024