2023 Issue 18

This week researchers at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute reveal what happens when Chinese students are given the tools to avoid the Communist Party’s censorship; ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, uses a list of sensitive topics including China, Trump, and Uyghurs, to censor what users see; stalled efforts in developing a better Sino-American crisis communication; and Philippines and Taiwan both on alert in light of new Chinese military activity. 

As well as an Op-Ed from Rana Foroohar on how the international economic system is being remolded and suggestions by Julio Guzman on how to counter the PRC in Latin America.