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Charlie Campbell
East Asia Correspondent for TIME
Recent Articles
What to Know About Biden's First Trip to Asia as President
In visits to Seoul and Tokyo, the U.S. president is making a point of shoring up alliances
By Charlie Campbell
May 18, 2022
Shanghai's COVID-19 Lockdown Pushes Residents to the Brink
China doubles down on its unpopular zero-COVID approach, seeking to avoid a "tsunami" of cases if Omicron is allowed to spread
By Charlie Campbell
May 11, 2022
South Korea's Spy Agency Joins NATO Center
Whether NATO was motivated by events in Ukraine to finally sign off on South Korea’s membership is unclear
By Charlie Campbell
May 5, 2022
Russia's Hitler Comments Strain Israel Ties
Sergei Lavrov has doubled down on comments about Hitler's 'Jewish blood' and said Israel supports the 'neo-Nazi' regime in Kyiv
By Charlie Campbell
May 3, 2022
China’s Controversial New Embassy in London
Locals are fighting to rename nearby streets to protest Chinese government atrocities
By Charlie Campbell/London
May 3, 2022
Tina Brown Breaks Down the Biggest Royal Family Revelations From Her New Book
It’s the world’s most famous and, some might argue, dysfunctional family: Britain’s House of Windsor exudes wealth, glamor and a remarkable penchant for backstabbing that has beguiled us regular folk for decades. From the acrimonious...
By Charlie Campbell / London
April 25, 2022
As Putin Threatens Nuclear Disaster, Europe Learns to Embrace Nuclear Energy
In early March, the world looked on in horror as a fire broke out at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine. The blaze at the Zaporizhzhia facility following shelling by invading Russian forces...
By Charlie Campbell
April 21, 2022
By Embracing Putin, Pakistan’s Imran Khan May Have Sealed His Own Demise
On the cricket field, Pakistan's Imran Khan was a galvanizing captain and leader—a talisman who knitted together a gaggle of mercurial talents and journeymen into a cohesive whole, which overcame extraordinary odds to famously beat...
By Charlie Campbell
April 7, 2022
What Viktor Orban's Win Means for Putin
With more than half of votes counted, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks set for a fourth term
By Charlie Campbell
April 3, 2022
The Rising Cost of China's Embrace of Putin
When Wang Jixian moved to the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa, he didn’t expect to find himself in the middle of a war. But as the 37-year-old software engineer picked up his cellphone and...
By Charlie Campbell
April 1, 2022
A Putin Dissident on the Hopes for Russia
Evgeny Chichvarkin is looking agitated. He’s just heard a whisper about some potential stock going cheap and so politely declines my suggestion we leave his bustling wineshop in London’s tony Mayfair district in search of...
By Charlie Campbell/London
March 30, 2022
Exclusive: Nicolae Ciucă on NATO Response to Putin
Romania's leader fought alongside U.S. troops. He talks to TIME about how to navigate the 'stark new reality' after Putin's assault on Ukraine
By Charlie Campbell/Bucharest
March 23, 2022
Why the China Eastern Crash Is Such a Shock to the Country
It’s still far too early to know for certain what caused China Eastern Flight 5735 to crash into hillside in southwestern China’s Guangxi province on Monday, but videos emerging on social media of a huge...
By Charlie Campbell
March 21, 2022
Myanmar Artist's Daring Mission to Tell His Father's Story
Young artist Sai braved military checkpoints to make secret images of father's house—and tell of his country's suffering
By Charlie Campbell / London
March 14, 2022
Moldova's Prime Minister on Russia and Staying Neutral
The tiny, landlocked nation has to walk a tightrope on Russia
By Charlie Campbell / Chișinău, Moldova
March 10, 2022
Lee Jae-myung Wants to Calm His Nation
He is campaigning on healing social inequalities through progressive policies
By Charlie Campbell and Stephen Kim / Daegu, South Korea
March 3, 2022
How Romanians Are Embracing Ukrainian Refugees
'Putin is a criminal and these people don't deserve this,' said one volunteer
By Charlie Campbell / Siret, Romania
February 28, 2022
A Warm Welcome for Ukrainian Refugees
The fortunate arrive by car, the less so on foot, wrapped in blankets against the freezing temperatures, clutching bundled possessions from a homeland besieged. The exodus of refugees from war-torn Ukraine continued Sunday into neighboring...
By Charlie Campbell / Siret, Romania
February 27, 2022
How the Sports World Is Responding to Russia's Ukraine Invasion
Sports stars around the globe have united in their condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
By Charlie Campbell
February 25, 2022
What Russia's Attack on Ukraine Means for the World Order
'It’s the biggest crisis since World War II, in the heart of Europe, and will have huge consequences'
By Charlie Campbell
February 24, 2022
What Xi Jinping Gets by Supporting Putin on Ukraine
In January, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a note to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to celebrate three decades of diplomatic ties. Ukraine is, after all, a key member of Xi’s signature Belt and Road Initiative—a...
By Charlie Campbell / London
February 22, 2022
Skier Eileen Gu Navigates the Road to the Beijing Olympics
Born in the U.S. and skiing for China, extreme sports rising star Eileen Gu must walk a delicate line in the run up to the Winter Games
By Charlie Campbell
January 6, 2022
Will Fumio Kishida's 'New Capitalism' Be a Boost for Japan?
Japan's new leader promises to repudiate Abenomics with a “new form of Japanese capitalism.” How far will reforms go?
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
October 13, 2021
Chinese Tycoon Desmond Shum on Risking All to Tell His Story
Desmond Shum on his ex-wife's sudden and mysterious reappearance, and the future of Xi's China
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
October 13, 2021
U.S. Troops in Taiwan Add Fuel to Tinderbox
“Joe Biden wants extreme competition, but not conflict,” retired PLA Senior Col. Zhou Bo tells TIME. “But my argument is that conflict is just one step away from extreme competition."
By Charlie Campbell/Shanghai
October 7, 2021
Inside the Taiwan Firm That Makes the World’s Tech Run
On the northwest coast of Taiwan, nestled between mudflats teeming with fiddler crabs and sweet-scented persimmon orchards, sits the world’s most important company that you’ve probably never heard of. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC,...
By Charlie Campbell
October 1, 2021
China's Power Shortages Have Environmentalists Worried
A serious energy crisis has led to fears that energy insecurity will weaken Beijing's resolve
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
September 30, 2021
Meng Wanzhou's Release Caps Two Weeks of U.S. Moves on China
The Quad meeting, the AUKUS pact, and a Cold War-style prisoner swap reveal where new geopolitical fault lines lie
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
September 27, 2021
What Will Happen If China's Evergrande Group Collapses?
One analyst calls it “the biggest test that China's financial system has faced in years”
By Charlie Campbell /Shanghai
September 17, 2021
Why Common Prosperity Is Alarming China’s Billionaires
Xi Jinping's "common prosperity" drive has stunned China's wealthiest with the thought that the CCP might actually be socialist after all
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
September 8, 2021
U.S. Retreat from Afghanistan Alarms Allies Like Taiwan
Taiwanese politicians of all stripes have acknowledged that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is a wake-up call
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
September 3, 2021
Will China Fare Any Better Than the U.S. in Afghanistan?
China hopes to fill the political void, but Afghanistan isn't called the “graveyard of empires” for nothing
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
August 30, 2021
How China’s Digital Currency Could Challenge the Dollar
Every morning, Mei Yi waves goodbye to his wife and 3-year-old son and sets off for his finance job in central Beijing, riding into town by public bike share. Like most urban Chinese, the 37-year-old...
By Charlie Campbell
August 11, 2021
China's Wandering Elephants Put New Focus on the Environment
The rogue herd is a social media hit, but conservationists want to to ensure their story ends happily
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
July 14, 2021
What China's Big Tech Crackdown Is Really About
Will Beijing's tough crackdown have serious consequences for investor confidence and the country's development goals?
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
July 13, 2021
Beijing Is Redefining What It Means to Be Chinese
Freedom of religion, long suppressed in China, is now being squeezed to the limit
By CHARLIE CAMPBELL/SHANGHAI
July 12, 2021
Xi Jinping Channels Mao as China's Communist Party Turns 100
After 100 years, the Communist Party has found new strength under Xi Jinping. But the world is beginning to turn against China
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
July 1, 2021
Meet the Chinese Ex-Cop Creating a Global LGBTQ+ Community
How a gay lifestyle blog, run in secret by a Chinese policeman, morphed into an app with 63 million LGBTQ members worldwide
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
June 24, 2021
Gen. Vincent K. Brooks on North Korean Diplomacy Under Biden
The former commander of United States Forces Korea talks about the prospects of reduced tensions on the Korean peninsula
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
June 24, 2021
A Final Attempt to Heal South Korea
President Moon Jae-in must leave office after elections in March. He knows time is running out
By Charlie Campbell
June 23, 2021
Why China Is Cracking Down on Bitcoin Mining
China's crackdown on bitcoin trading and mining amid financial stability and climate concerns will affect more than the cryptocurrency's price.
By Charlie Campbell / Chengdu and Shanghai
June 2, 2021
How China Is Responding to the Lab Leak Theory
The origin of the pandemic is once again a central fissure in the already-tense U.S.-China relationship
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
May 28, 2021
COVID-19 Slashes Appetite for Wild Animals, Report Says
A WWF study finds that people have become more aware of the zoonotic causes of many infectious outbreaks
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
May 23, 2021
How China Is Cracking Down on Tech Titans
For years, China’s tech entrepreneurs were considered rock stars: Icons whose rags-to-riches career paths, guile and contempt for the rulebook earned them cult-like status. But over the past few months regulatory scrutiny, combined with growing...
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
May 20, 2021
What to Know About Joe Biden's Summit With Moon Jae-in
The U.S. president and his South Korean counterpart meet Friday at the White House. Here are the likely talking points.
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
May 19, 2021
Biden: U.S. Wants ‘Competition, Not Conflict’ With China
But the U.S. president also made it clear that he would "defend American interests across the board.”
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
April 29, 2021
Quetta Bombing Highlights Global Risks to China
A presumed attack on the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan highlights the animosity Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative is generating.
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
April 22, 2021
Is Japan's Low Immunization Rate a Problem for the Olympics?
With less than 100 days to go before the Tokyo Games, anxiety is mounting
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
April 20, 2021
What's at Stake in John Kerry's Trip to China
Washington's climate envoy becomes the first senior Biden administration official to visit China—but he does so at a time of high tension
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
April 15, 2021
'Fighting for Survival.' Mongolia's China Problem
Mongolia's ex-president tells TIME of the stark choices smaller countries have in the face of Beijing's growing might
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
April 13, 2021
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