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James Palmer

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James Palmer is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy and writes FP’s weekly China Brief newsletter. Palmer is the author of The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story of the Russian Nobleman Who Became the Last Khan of Mongolia and The Death of Mao: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Birth of the New China. He won the Shiva Naipaul prize for travel writing in 2003.

Articles by James Palmer
Silhouettes of undergraduates dance on a stage with a giant Chinese flag in the background.
Silhouettes of undergraduates dance on a stage with a giant Chinese flag in the background.
The white marble dome of the U.S. Capitol building looms over a deep blue sky. Several people can be seen in the foreground as they walk across the plaza in front of the building.
The white marble dome of the U.S. Capitol building looms over a deep blue sky. Several people can be seen in the foreground as they walk across the plaza in front of the building.
Cars wait to be loaded onto a vessel for export at a port in Taicang, China.
Cars wait to be loaded onto a vessel for export at a port in Taicang, China.
Residents conduct a study session about the communique of the third plenary meeting of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee in Hangzhou, China, on July 19.
Residents conduct a study session about the communique of the third plenary meeting of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee in Hangzhou, China, on July 19.
From left: Chinese swimmers Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun, and Pan Zhanle pose after winning the men's 4x100m medley relay at Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, France, on Aug. 4.
From left: Chinese swimmers Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun, and Pan Zhanle pose after winning the men's 4x100m medley relay at Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, France, on Aug. 4.
Chinese athletes wave flags on the team boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Chinese athletes wave flags on the team boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Chinese President Xi Jinping walks on a red carpet to seats at the Chinese Communist Party's Third Plenum in Beijing. He and other CCP leaders wear red badges.
Chinese President Xi Jinping walks on a red carpet to seats at the Chinese Communist Party's Third Plenum in Beijing. He and other CCP leaders wear red badges.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a bilateral meeting with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 28.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a bilateral meeting with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 28.
People walk past an office of the Bank of Beijing in Beijing on July 9.
People walk past an office of the Bank of Beijing in Beijing on July 9.
Security personnel stand outside the entrance of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2023.
Security personnel stand outside the entrance of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 29, 2023.
A student enters a school on the first day of the national college entrance exam, known as "gaokao," in Wuhan, China.
A student enters a school on the first day of the national college entrance exam, known as "gaokao," in Wuhan, China.
Residential buildings under construction are seen in Hangzhou, China, on May 9.
Residential buildings under construction are seen in Hangzhou, China, on May 9.
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun sits onstage in front of a bright blue wall as he attends the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. He wears a black military dress uniform and glasses, and one hand is raised to his face to adjust his microphone wire.
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun sits onstage in front of a bright blue wall as he attends the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. He wears a black military dress uniform and glasses, and one hand is raised to his face to adjust his microphone wire.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te and first lady Wu Mei-ju gesture after his inaugural speech at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te and first lady Wu Mei-ju gesture after his inaugural speech at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei.
An aerial shot shows lines of dozens of new electric cars, seen from overhead in a packed-dirt lot as they wait to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Yantai, China. Most of the cars are black or white but a few are yellow.
An aerial shot shows lines of dozens of new electric cars, seen from overhead in a packed-dirt lot as they wait to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Yantai, China. Most of the cars are black or white but a few are yellow.