Understand the argument. Follow the evidence.
Correspondent's Notebook
Long-form inquiries that state the argument, preserve the source trail, and keep uncertainty visible.
Latest · Inquiry 10
A shorter advertised distance does not create a dependable corridor. Ice, Russian administration, rescue capacity, insurance, sanctions, vessel capability, and environmental rules remain part of every sailing.
Inquiry 10
A shorter advertised distance does not create a dependable corridor. Ice, Russian administration, rescue capacity, insurance, sanctions, vessel capability, and environmental rules remain part of every sailing.
01 SEP 2026
16 min · 13 sources
Inquiry 09
Crossing a border changes admission status. It does not, by itself, change where a product originates.
01 SEP 2026
19 min · 19 sources
Inquiry 08
Coal fell below half of China's electricity mix while its output and fleet still grew.
01 SEP 2026
16 min · 8 sources
Inquiry 07
Six releases describe different parts of one month, on different clocks, with different definitions.
29 AUG 2026
14 min · 11 sources
Inquiry 06
Networked attention and national-security law are different gates on whether culture reaches an audience and public memory remains sayable.
25 AUG 2026
16 min · 9 sources
Inquiry 05
A renewed Chinese export surge travels through households, factories, trade balances, foreign markets, and local labor systems. Each stage distributes gains and losses differently.
26 AUG 2026
22 min · 24 sources
Inquiry 04
China's response to the Hormuz and Red Sea crisis is a portfolio of inventories, pipelines, tanker handoffs, selective passage, and supplier relationships. Every workaround relocates risk rather than removing it.
18 AUG 2026
20 min · 15 sources
Inquiry 03
China has passed the United States in industrial scale and several strategic supply chains. That is not the same thing as inheriting one all-purpose title of global dominance.
14 AUG 2026
24 min · 23 sources
Inquiry 02
What kind of technological openness is China offering, who benefits from it, what dependencies accompany it, and where does that openness stop?
28 JUL 2026
18 min · 13 sources
Inquiry 01
Following Kevin Rudd’s argument into its sources, complications, and unresolved questions.
23 JUL 2026
14 min · 8 sources