There’s a reason we’re called WIRED. If there’s one thing most of today's gadgets have in common, it’s that they typically need to be plugged in from time to time. But all those cables, cords, and ...

Later this year, Snap is expected to launch the latest consumer version of its AR glasses, Specs. In anticipation of that big event, the company has launched a new subsidiary, Specs Inc., focused ...

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The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened its fourth plenary session from Oct 20 to Oct 23. Participants deliberated and adopted the central committee's recommendations for ...

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Even with ambitious aims, structural constraints remain: demographic decline, youth employment, productivity growth, and the need for genuine market functioning. This article went live on October ...

China has restated its commitment to a years-long official focus on achieving self-reliance in science and technology, so that it can meet what it has acknowledged as "profound and complex" changes.

After a meeting of China’s political leadership setting the tone for policymaking over the next five years, warnings of “raging storms” and growing uncertainties joined declarations of confidence in ...

The fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (fourth plenum), which opened on the 20th for four days, will end on the 23rd. Ahead of a U.S.-China leaders' ...

As China prepares to unveil its next five-year plan on Thursday, the mouthpiece of the country’s ruling Communist Party has styled the nation’s socialist system as a source of strength that powers the ...

The Chinese Communist Party is holding its Fourth Plenum meeting in Beijing—the most important Party meeting of the year. Jonathan Czin of the Brookings Institution explains why China’s Fourth Plenum ...