--- title: Charlie Campbell | TIME description: Campbell is an editor at large at TIME, based in the Singapore bureau. He covers business, tech, and geopolitics across Asia. He was previously China bureau chief. canonical: https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Charlie Campbell  ## Charlie Campbell Campbell is an editor at large at TIME, based in the Singapore bureau. He covers business, tech, and geopolitics across Asia. He was previously China bureau chief.  ## Charlie Campbell *  Jul 23, 2026 ### [The Robots Cometh](https://time.com/article/2026/07/23/unitree-china-human-robotics/) The humanoid revolution is coming—and the Chinese firm Unitree is leading the charge. [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jul 20, 2026 ### [How Livestreamed Child Abuse Is Challenging How We Think About Online Privacy](https://time.com/article/2026/07/13/how-livestreamed-child-abuse-is-challenging-how-we-think-about-online-privacy/) Millions of children are exploited in private video calls, exposing gaps in how platforms detect abu... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 9, 2026 ### [China Is Already Trying to Control Who the Next Dalai Lama Will Be](https://time.com/article/2026/07/09/china-dalai-lama-succession-tibet/) The fight over the 91-year-old’s reincarnation is becoming a test of China’s power over Tibet—and wh... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 25, 2026 ### [As the U.S. Celebrates 250 Years, Time for American Whiskey to Take a Bow](https://time.com/article/2026/05/22/usa-250-anniversary-american-whiskey/) American whiskey is winning record prices and new respect as collectors bet on its history, rarity a... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  May 20, 2026 ### [Putin, Following Trump, Visits the World’s Center Stage](https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/putin-xi-china-center-stage-diplomacy-analysis/) “Xi has consolidated this position that Great Power politics now must go through Beijing,” one exper... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 15, 2026 ### [Trump’s China Trip Underscores How Power Has Shifted East](https://time.com/article/2026/05/15/trump-xi-us-china-summit-analysis/) The U.S. President painted the trip as a success, but he appeared on the backfoot in Beijing. [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 7, 2026 ### [Why Trump’s China Trip Is Set Up to Fail](https://time.com/article/2026/05/07/trump-xi-china-meeting-what-to-expect/) The Trump-Xi summit isn’t likely to yield any progress. Maybe that’s the point. [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 3, 2026 ### [Lynas Rare Earths CEO Amanda Lacaze on Having the Guts to Invest During a Price Slump](https://time.com/article/2026/05/03/lynas-ceo-amanda-lacaze-interview/) "Every day when the price wasn’t going up felt like a day of torture; another fingernail was pulled ... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 30, 2026 ### [Why Saudi Arabia Is Betting Big on Esports](https://time.com/article/2026/04/30/why-saudi-arabia-is-betting-big-on-esports/) The Iran war has both disrupted and galvanized Saudi Arabia’s sporting ambitions. [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 21, 2026 ### [The Sobering Truth About Rare Earths](https://time.com/article/2026/04/20/trump-s-push-to-break-china-s-dominance-of-critical-rare-earth-minerals/) Inside a Malaysian refinery central to U.S. efforts to break China’s grip on rare earths powering de... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 20, 2026 ### [This Halal Beauty Company Boss Has Big Ambitions](https://time.com/article/2026/04/18/Sari-Chairunnisa-paragon-corp-interview/) TIME spoke with Dr. Sari Chairunnisa about Paragon’s journey and redefining what halal beauty means ... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Apr 16, 2026 ### [Why Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Blockade May Be a Gift to China](https://time.com/article/2026/04/15/why-trump-s-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-may-be-a-gift-to-china/) A U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz may give China a legal precedent to justify future moves aga... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 10, 2026 ### [‘A Perfect Storm’: How AI Is Transforming the Global Scam Industry](https://time.com/article/2026/04/07/-a-perfect-storm-how-ai-is-transforming-the-global-scam-industry/) AI-powered malware is transforming scam compounds into a global cybercrime industry fueled by traffi... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 9, 2026 ### [By Hosting U.S.-Iran Talks, Pakistan Eyes an Unlikely Rebrand as Peace Broker](https://time.com/article/2026/04/09/by-hosting-u-s--iran-talks-pakistan-eyes-an-unlikely-rebrand-as-peace-broker/) Pakistan hosts high stakes U.S.-Iran talks as a fragile ceasefire hangs in the balance, testing its ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 1, 2026 ### [How the Iran War Cracked Dubai’s Liberal Facade](https://time.com/article/2026/04/01/dubai-uae-iran-war-crackdown-safety/) The Iran War has the UAE showing its true authoritarian colors as its government scrambles to contro... 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