23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century
created: Jan. 20, 2026, 11 a.m. | updated: Jan. 22, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
While the president of this country is promising to make America great again as he strips it for parts, Chinese business and political leaders have quietly seized the moment.
This is not to say that China’s economy, let alone its repressive totalitarian government, runs perfectly.
But today there’s almost no limit to what is created in China, then eagerly consumed by the rest of the world.
WIRED’s reporters have chronicled the transformation in the Made in China newsletter—and now we’re bringing you this special issue.
Here are 23 ways China is rewiring the future.
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