Charlie Campbell

East Asia Correspondent for TIME

A surveillance camera overlooks Tiananmen Square in Beijing

'The Entire System Is Designed to Suppress Us.' What the Chinese Surveillance State Means for the Rest of the World

Every morning, Mrs. Chen dons her bright purple tai chi pajamas and joins t...

Every morning, Mrs. Chen dons her bright purple tai chi pajamas and joins the dozen or so other members of Hongmen Martial Arts Group for practice outside Chongqing’s Jiangnan Stadium. But a few months ago,...

The Kenya General Energy Olkaria geothermal power station II in Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya.

China Is Bankrolling Green Energy Projects Around the World

The world’s number two economy and number one polluter is rebranding itself...

The world’s number two economy and number one polluter is rebranding itself as an environmental champion

A woman holds an advertisement for a girls bar in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 21, 2018.

The Sexual Exploitation of Young Girls in Japan Is 'On the Increase,' an Expert Says

An estimated 170,000 junior high and high school girls are engaged in prost...

An estimated 170,000 junior high and high school girls are engaged in prostitution

A man walks past statues of NBA players Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, left, and Lebron James of the Los Angeles Lakers holding Chinese flags in the entrance of an NBA merchandise store in Beijing on Oct. 8, 2019.

The China-NBA Spat Underscores Just How Far Sino-U.S. Relations Have Deteriorated

The showdown between the NBA and Beijing over free speech is fast becoming ...

The showdown between the NBA and Beijing over free speech is fast becoming the latest hot potato in deteriorating Sino-U.S. relations

A bank teller counts the stack of Chinese yuan and US dollars at a bank in Shanghai, China.

Exclusive: New Study Says U.S. Can't Win the Trade War and Neither Can China

“It is the relationship between a very large and insatiable market and a ve...

“It is the relationship between a very large and insatiable market and a very well-oiled production machine.”

An employee works at a factory in Qiqihar, China, on Aug. 27, days before new U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports kicked in

As the U.S.-China Trade War Escalates, Pocketbooks Feel the Pain

To manufacture flat-rolled steel, you need to start with a steel slab. For ...

To manufacture flat-rolled steel, you need to start with a steel slab. For a company called NLMK USA, which makes carbon flat-rolled steel in Farrell, Pa., there's nowhere to get those slabs domestically. That's meant...

The U.S. flag flies over shipping containers in Long Beach, California on March 4, 2019.

The U.S.-China Trade War Is Steering the World Toward Crisis and There Is No Easy Retreat

There is no easy retreat