China tries to downplay the surge in Covid cases
Beijing’s decision to reverse the government’s ‘zero’ policy risks being a slap in the face for President Xi Jinping
Analysis
China’s economic rise came at a cost under Jiang Zemin
Soaring growth and staggering inequality were part of his legacy, but so was the ‘orderly transfer of power’
Pelosi and Taiwan have become a toxic mix for China
Her proposed visit would come at a sensitive time for Beijing ahead of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party
How Beijing has stifled freedom in Hong Kong
Under China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ model, human rights in the city have been eroded in the past two years
Targeting China’s richest 1% can reduce the wealth gap
Relying on the goodwill of the wealthy will only partially contribute to social equality in the country
Why China refuses to condemn Putin’s war
Unless relations between Beijing and Washington change, China will not risk its partnership with Russia
Biden’s Indo-Pacific policy and the China conundrum
Washington’s plan obscures the strategy ‘to build China out of regional economic and technology networks’
Under fire from economic weapons of mass destruction
China has used economic WMDs against Australia but sanctions against Russia have reached new levels
Putin’s war will help China’s currency cash in
The yuan may become the financial haven Russia and other liked-minded nations have been craving for
Cold War gambit would threaten global trade
Worldwide supply chains will never be the same again as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine