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Charlie Campbell
East Asia Correspondent for TIME
Recent Articles
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
Why Calls Are Mounting for a Boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics
Experts are divided on whether staying away will work
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
March 9, 2021
China's 'Two Sessions' Promise Major Policy Initiatives
The unveiling of a new Five-Year Plan means that the upcoming political meetings will be brimming with long-term goals
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghaii
March 2, 2021
How China's AIIB Has Charted an Independent Course
The AIIB may be the only piece of Xi Jinping-era foreign diplomacy that is not routinely skewered in the West
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
February 19, 2021
The U.S. and China Are Battling for Influence in Latin America
The U.S. is ceding influence in latin America to China
By Ciara Nugent/London
February 4, 2021
How China Could Change the World By Taking Meat Off the Menu
China is on the cusp of a plant-based protein revolution
By Charlie Campbell/Shanghai
January 22, 2021
Wuhan, One Year After Lockdown
One year on, what happened in Wuhan during the COVID-19 lockdown is the cause of both hope and caution
By Charlie Campbell / Changsha and Wuhan
January 22, 2021
WHO Team Finally Allowed to Land in China
Will they get sufficient cooperation from Chinese officials to complete their mission?
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
January 14, 2021
Can Tokyo Safely Host the Olympic Games This Summer?
It is Tokyo’s fate to stage the world’s largest sporting event a year later than planned, at a time of global economic uncertainty and amid a pandemic that will be far from over on July 23. Is it really ready?
By Charlie Campbell
January 12, 2021
Where Is Alibaba Founder Jack Ma?
The Alibaba founder, who is personally worth $48.2 billion, has now not been seen in public for at least two months.
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
January 4, 2021
Wuhan Finds Redemption in Soccer
Plucky soccer team Wuhan Zall has been an inspiration to residents of COVID-19's ground zero
By Charlie Campbell / Suzhou
December 29, 2020
Olympics Head Says Tokyo Will Be Successful
The IOC supremo is looking forward to "a very meaningful and very successful Olympic Games" despite the threat of COVID-19
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
December 14, 2020
China's Row With Australia May Be an Opportunity for Biden
Demonstrating solidarity with Canberra could be the first step in regaining the trust of U.S. allies, say experts.
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
December 9, 2020
Chinese Shelter Rehomes Pets Abandoned in Pandemic
"I couldn't let them be" says Wuhan volunteer Li Heng, who helps care for dozens of dogs and cats
By Charlie Campbell / Wuhan
December 8, 2020
The Chinese Company Revolutionizing How Goods Get Delivered
Could this be the first time that a Chinese firm truly writes global rules?
By Charlie Campbell / Hangzhou
November 23, 2020
Five Ways Joe Biden Can Fix Relations with China
Resuming communication and defusing the U.S.-China trade war are key
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
November 8, 2020
What the U.S. Election Could Mean for Relations with China
The U.S. has never faced a rival that can compete as China can
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
October 28, 2020
You Can Now Get a COVID-19 Vaccine in China
In China, an unofficial vaccine rollout is gathering pace despite the warnings of international public health experts
By Charlie Campbell/ Shanghai
October 22, 2020
Celebrating Chinese Food in Film: Meet Chen Xiaoqing
Can food build bridges between the U.S. and China? Chen Xiaoqing, creator of the hit Netflix series 'Flavorful Origins,' hopes so
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
October 6, 2020
Where China Stands on the U.S. Presidential Election
Despite Trump's broadsides against China, Beijing is wary of being seen to favor one candidate or the other
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai
September 29, 2020
Why This Thai Billionaire Is Risking It All to Back Reform
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit tells TIME that he's not afraid to call for change
By Charlie Campbell / Bangkok
September 14, 2020
Abe's Top Aide Wins Bid to Lead Japan
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party picked Yoshihide Suga as its leader, meaning he is all but assured to be the next prime minister
By Charlie Campbell
September 8, 2020
Wuhan Tries to Return to Normal, But Scars Remain
Life has resumed in Wuhan, where COVID-19 first came to light, but the Chinese city cannot afford to forget its recent past
By Charlie Campbell / Wuhan
September 3, 2020
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