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Evolution, not revolution, is China’s energy goal
Export fears stopped Beijing from taking greater advantage of the Strait of Hormuz oil crisis
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Taiwan’s defense deadlock is fueling China fears
Strategic planning for the future has become a casualty of two-party bickering in Taipei
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Vietnam President To Lam is not the ‘new Xi Jinping’
His authority ‘remains constrained by collective leadership and Communist Party consensus’
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Europe’s squeezed between China and the United States
Forget the ‘often-floated idea of a G2,’ there needs to be talk of a G3 that includes Europe
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China’s aim is to become the ‘sole superpower’
Neither Moscow nor Washington should be under any illusion that a tripolar order is China’s ultimate goal
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Putin will have nervously watched Trump and Xi show
He has seen Russia’s hand substantially weakened by the talks between China and the US in Beijing
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President Xi is doubling down on state-led growth
His model remains heavily reliant on government intervention, risking inefficiencies and fiscal strain
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And the winner of Trump’s Iran war is … Iran!
China and Russia will likely help rebuild the country because standing up to the US is in their interests
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Winds of change gust through China’s green politics
Beijing is seizing the ‘opportunity to write the energy rulebook for the global low-carbon economy’
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Social debate divide fuels Japan-China friction
Prime Minister Takaichi’s stance reveals the ‘real shift unfolding in Japanese homes and streets’
