Evolution, not revolution, is China’s energy goal
Export fears stopped Beijing from taking greater advantage of the Strait of Hormuz oil crisis
Commentary
Taiwan’s defense deadlock is fueling China fears
Strategic planning for the future has become a casualty of two-party bickering in Taipei
Vietnam President To Lam is not the ‘new Xi Jinping’
His authority ‘remains constrained by collective leadership and Communist Party consensus’
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
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
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
President Xi is doubling down on state-led growth
His model remains heavily reliant on government intervention, risking inefficiencies and fiscal strain
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’
Social debate divide fuels Japan-China friction
Prime Minister Takaichi’s stance reveals the ‘real shift unfolding in Japanese homes and streets’
Crude crisis could help China burnish green image
But Beijing will need to ‘rely less on coercion and more on soft power’ amid global oil turmoil