Superpower supremacy? Xi has to first fix the economy
He needs to get it back on track despite the ascendancy of his hard-line faction backed by political allies
Tony Walker
Xi risks ending up in a diplomatic cul de sac
His alignment with Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘is clearly not in his or China’s interests’
China’s ‘Long March’ to escape global risks
Beijing is seeking to reduce the threat of diplomatic isolation as it moves to become a major US rival
Afghan turmoil, the Great Game and China
Beijing has a major interest in the future of Afghanistan and the region
How Deng put China on the path to rule the world
His reforms and ‘opening up’ policy saw the ‘bamboo curtain’ lifted and the economy liberated from the past
China resorts to hostage diplomacy to silence critics
Australian citizen Yang Hengjun has become a victim of a poisonous relationship between Beijing and Canberra
President Xi Jinping plays the power politics card
His speech at the Boao Forum was clearly designed to emphasize China’s global leadership aspirations
Beijing’s war against foreign media has backfired
China’s bluster against the western press may play to nationalist sentiments at home but it has bombed overseas