Charlie Campbell

East Asia Correspondent for TIME

The closing meeting of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 28, 2020.

China's Upcoming 'Two Sessions' Might Be Its Most Important Political Gathering in Decades

The unveiling of a new Five-Year Plan means that the upcoming political mee...

The unveiling of a new Five-Year Plan means that the upcoming political meetings will be brimming with long-term goals

Jin Liqun, the president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), pictured in November 2017,

How Jin Liqun Charted an Independent Course for China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The AIIB may be the only piece of Xi Jinping-era foreign diplomacy that is ...

The AIIB may be the only piece of Xi Jinping-era foreign diplomacy that is not routinely skewered in the West

China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan with Panama’s then President Juan Carlos Varela and First Lady Lorena Castillo in December 2018

The U.S. and China Are Battling for Influence in Latin America, and the Pandemic Has Raised the Stakes

The U.S. is ceding influence in latin America to China

A customer tucks into a meat-free banquet at Green Common café in Shanghai on Jan. 13

How China Could Change the World by Taking Meat Off the Menu

China is on the cusp of a plant-based protein revolution

A woman walks along a street near a market in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on January 19, 2021.

China Marks the Wuhan Lockdown Anniversary Amid Spiraling COVID-19 Cases and With Risky Holiday Travel Looming

One year on, what happened in Wuhan during the COVID-19 lockdown is the cau...

One year on, what happened in Wuhan during the COVID-19 lockdown is the cause of both hope and caution

Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team, including Peter Daszak (C) and Hung Nguyen (L), investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, board a bus following their arrival at a cordoned-off section in the international arrivals area at the airport in Wuhan on January 14, 2021.

WHO Investigators Are Finally Allowed to Land in China in a Bid to Uncover the Origins of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Will they get sufficient cooperation from Chinese officials to complete the...

Will they get sufficient cooperation from Chinese officials to complete their mission?

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...

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?