China’s Chokepoints

Plus, Lizzi Lee on what will happen at the upcoming Two Sessions in Beijing.

Good evening. China’s ambitious nuclear power plans rely on a crucial factor: its ability to source enough uranium. We look at how its efforts are going and the implications for the U.S. and other countries looking to rely more on nuclear. Elsewhere, we have an excerpt from Edward Fishman’s new book on America’s use of economic warfare; an interview with Anders Hove on China’s energy security; a reported piece on the sudden silence from Washington’s China hawks; and an op-ed from Lizzi Lee on China’s upcoming Two Sessions.

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Going it Alone

How the U.S. learned to deploy hard-hitting economic strikes against its enemies — even when its allies were reluctant to join in. An excerpt from Edward Fishman’s new book Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare.

A Q&A with Anders Hove

Anders Hove is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies China Energy Research Programme. Previously a non-resident fellow at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy, he worked in Beijing for 12 years, most recently as Project Director for the Sino-German Energy Transition project at GIZ, a German federal enterprise providing services in international development cooperation. In this week’s interview with Paddy Stephens, he talks about whether the war in Ukraine has affected China’s energy security; coal’s changing role in China’s energy mix; and how China became a leader in renewable energy.

China Hawks Stop Squawking

The Trump administration’s early moves on China are making some Republicans nervous, though few are openly voicing their doubts. Noah Berman reports.

Beijing’s Uranium Edge

China has the upper hand in the battle for nuclear fuel but is on the hunt for more. Rachel Cheung reports.

What Will Happen at China’s Two Sessions?

As Lizzi Lee argues in this week’s op-ed, this month’s meetings will offer crucial insights into where Beijing intends to steer the economy and how it might deal with Trump.

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