China’s power system needs to be climate proofed
Spiraling air-condition use calls for more energy storage, pricing reform and sturdier grid infrastructure
Analysis
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ will hasten China’s domination
His legacy will be Beijing’s ‘consolidated influence across much of the world’
China’s export machine is wreaking havoc in Asia
‘The effects are felt especially strongly’ in the region’s ‘developing, middle-income economies’
DeepSeek and China’s high-tech innovation club
‘Chinese companies have focused on delivering innovation faster and cheaper by being adaptable’
How Trump can clinch a historic accord with China
Inviting President Xi to Mar-a-Lago for talks would be much like Nixon’s ground-breaking trip to China
China picks up the torch amid fading US soft power
Even before the USAID shutdown, polls showed Beijing had ‘edged ahead in many Southeast Asian states’
Why the fentanyl crisis is rooted in the Opium Wars
‘Defeat signaled the start of the ‘century of humiliation’ in China when the country was colonized’
Xi Jinping will stop the rise of China – not Trump
‘The paradox of Xi’s supremacy is that he has made the country more vulnerable to turmoil and decline’
HMPV is no ‘mysterious China virus’ as cases surge
‘The World Health Organization said most infections are mild with symptoms similar to the common cold’
Taiwan is caught in the eye of a Chinese military storm
PLA Navy launches the ‘biggest military’ drills against the island democracy in decades