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Battle lines drawn in China’s World War II narrative

September 29, 2025September 4, 2025 by Meredith Oyen

Taiwan is outraged by Beijing’s portrayal of the Communist Party as the victors over Japan

Categories Commentary Tags Communist Party of China, Different View, East Asia, News, Taiwan, The Conversation, The Long Read Leave a comment

What will come after the trade war and the China split

September 15, 2025August 20, 2025 by Michael Froman

A return to the status quo is impossible with both Washington and Beijing

Categories Commentary Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, News, The Long Read, Trade Tensions, United States Leave a comment

China’s mega power project sparks mega controversy

August 4, 2025August 1, 2025 by Tom Harper

Beijing plans to control more than just its water supply by building the world’s biggest dam

Categories Commentary Tags China, Hydropower Project, India, Mega Dam, News, The Conversation Leave a comment

China can drive the global clean-tech revolution

June 23, 2025June 20, 2025 by Muyi Yang

From green hydrogen to smart grids, the country could reshape its economy and the planet’s future

Categories Commentary Tags China, Clean Energy, East Asia Forum, EVs, News, Solar Power Leave a comment

Southeast Asia’s balancing act and revisionist forces

June 9, 2025June 6, 2025 by Evelyn Goh
Double take … “Yalta 2.0” depicting Trump, Putin and Xi in Crimea. Image: Social Media / X / YouTube

How the region can cope with Trump’s United States, Xi’s China and Putin’s Russia in the new world order

Categories Commentary Tags China, East Asia Forum, News, Revisionist Powers, Russia, Southeast Asia, United States Leave a comment

What next as China and the US pull back from the brink 

June 6, 2025May 21, 2025 by Michael Froman

‘President Trump has conditioned markets and trading partners to accept a unilateral blanket tariff’

Categories Commentary Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, News, President Xi Jinping, Tariffs Tension, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

China-US ‘truce’ heralds the end of the free trade era

June 2, 2025May 14, 2025 by Peter Draper Nathan Howard Gray

‘Juggling ties with Washington and Beijing will become the act of an increasingly high-wire artist’

Categories Commentary Tags China, News, Tariff Tensions, The Conversation, The Long Read, Trade War, United States Leave a comment

How Trump could deal with the dragon in the room

May 19, 2025April 29, 2025 by Jonathan E Hillman

Three ways to counter China by ‘strengthening enforcement, mobilizing investment and lowering barriers’

Categories Commentary Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, Donald Trump, News, Tariffs Tension, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

Rare chance to end China’s critical minerals monopoly

April 21, 2025April 18, 2025 by Marina Yue Zhang

Australia can break Beijing’s grip on key defense components and boost ties with the United States

Categories Commentary Tags China, News, Rare Earths, The Conversation, United States Leave a comment

Diplomatic shift targets the West’s ‘Great Game’

April 21, 2025March 27, 2025 by Hao Nan

Special envoys have become a crucial pillar in Beijing’s bid to assert influence across the globe

Categories Commentary Tags China, Diplomacy, East Asia Forum, Lu Shaye, News, Special Envoy, The Long Read, Trade Talks Leave a comment
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