President Xi left trapped in a global gray zone
He calls out the US and its partners for ‘sanctions’ strategy but fails to condemn ‘friend’ Putin for Ukraine war
China Factor Staff
Factory chaos puts the brake on China’s economy
Omicron outbreak leaves nearly 400 million people under lockdown as Shanghai crisis spreads across the country
D-word has come back to haunt crisis China
Trading partners in the US and EU plan to diversify supply networks away from the world’s second-largest economy
Xi and the Party face food inflation risks
Spiraling prices, the war in Ukraine and China’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy threaten China’s economy
Why China has turned NATO into the boogieman
Beijing’s close partnership with Moscow has forced China to blame the US for Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine
China’s economic hazards will fuel global inflation
Business slowdown, Covid-19 crisis and the Ukraine war are a deadly cocktail for growth across the world
Concerns grow over Shanghai’s Covid crackdown
Omicron wave threatens to turn into a crisis for China and stall the global economy
China’s Covid surge poses a risk to global economy
Phased lockdown in Shanghai illustrates the threat of the highly-infectious Omicron wave
China’s islands of destruction alarm the US
American Admiral John C Aquilino warns of the dangers posed to the region amid Russia’s war in Ukraine
President Xi’s blunderful world amid Ukraine crisis
His pact with Putin has seen China’s ‘friends’ become ‘enemies’ as the Russian war escalates