Rewind
1998
“As Bill Clinton takes off on the first presidential trip to Beijing since the Tiananmen massacre, the land awaiting him is busy reinventing itself,” Newsweek wrote. From Mao’s death to the handover of Hong Kong, Newsweek’s coverage of China has earned many of journalism’s proudest awards. As China turned the page into its next chapter—one of further industrialization and rapid economic production—the pace of change has grown ever more dizzying. But today, the future of the American-Chinese relationship is uncertain in the midst of President Donald Trump’s escalation of trade wars with China.