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72 stories
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Diplomatic shift targets the West’s ‘Great Game’
Special envoys have become a crucial pillar in Beijing’s bid to assert influence across the globe
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Trump’s ‘wrecking ball’ sparks ‘seismic’ chain reaction
His ‘bizarre suggestion that China, Russia and the US halve defense budgets’ will be seen ‘as weakness’
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Musk’s deep China ties risk complicating US policy
In contrast to the Beijing ‘hawks in the new White House cabinet,’ the Tesla billionaire is an ‘outlier’
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China must look West to trump the US threat
‘If Beijing plays its cards right, the danger Trump represents to its economy might not be as significant’
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Fractures show in the fragile US-China relationship
Trump’s ‘administration is likely to present even more serious challenges’ for Beijing and Washington
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Chasing an elusive South China Sea code of conduct
Intensified military activity in the disputed waters undermines a peaceful pact between ASEAN and China
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Trump’s ‘America First’ plan and a new world order
The guardrails that constrained his first term have either been swept away or will be bent to his will
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Why it is becoming harder to get super rich in China
Billionaires have become ‘an all-too-obvious symbol of the sharpening inequality’ in the country
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Why Chinese tech billionaires are back in vogue
Resurgence of Tencent and Pony Ma should be viewed through the prism of ‘China’s unique playbook’
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China needs to pick a side and it might be the West
Beijing is paying a heavy economic price for its ‘no-limits’ pact with Moscow after Ukraine invasion
