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Julian Gewirtz

Julian Gewirtz is the author of Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s and Your Face My Flag, a book of poems. He is working on a book about the past, present, and future of US–China relations. (February 2026)

When the Chips Are Down

When the Chips Are Down

President Trump’s reversal of a ban on sales of advanced semiconductors to China undercut the strategic logic behind years of American policy that was meant to keep the US ahead in the race to develop AI systems.

The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China

by Ya-Wen Lei

The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip

by Stephen Witt

The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant

by Tae Kim

February 26, 2026 issue

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