Sino-Russian ties strengthen the Quad’s resolve
Australia, Japan, India and US show collective strength against the ‘authoritarian challenge’ to the world order
Commentary
Pearl Harbor attack offers haunting lessons for today
China’s growing influence has slowly focused geopolitical attention back to the Pacific Islands
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
Xi hijacks ‘people power’ to hold democracies hostage
His plan to link the Communist Party with nearly 1.4 billion Chinese citizens is aimed at muzzling Beijing’s critics
US-China Cold War will continue to send a shiver across the world
Pressure mounts on Beijing to live up to its promises of ‘opening up’ by rolling out a ‘level playing’ field policy