This story is part of a new Prospect series called Rollups, looking at obscure markets that have been rolled up by under-the-radar monopolies. If you know of a rollup like this, contact us at ...

On a chilly Wednesday morning, hundreds of trucks loaded with multi-colored containers queue in front of a 363-meter-long ship docked at a terminal at the Qingdao port, East China's Shandong Province, ...

Cosco Shipping has been designated as a Chinese military company by the Pentagon, in another sign of intensifying tension between China and the U.S. The U.S. Department of Defense published its annual ...

Several U.S. farm groups say tariffs on China-built cargo-handing equipment would hurt U.S. agriculture, highlighting the challenge of curbing China’s dominance in maritime trade. The Trump ...

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This ...

Effectively all standard containers used in global shipping are made by Chinese state-owned enterprises. The dangers of that circumstance revealed themselves during the pandemic.