Would China’s military risk a sneak strike on Japan?
Targeting American and Japanese ‘military forces’ could be a prelude to a full-scale invasion of Taiwan
Foreign Policy
Naval power replaces ‘people power’ in China’s playbook
President Xi now uses blunt force and coercion to settle the country’s diplomatic disputes
Bridging the chasm between Washington and Beijing
A meeting between Biden and Xi at the APEC summit next month would provide a ‘window of opportunity’
China and the US are locked in a diplomatic dance
Talks between Sullivan and Wang in Malta are overshadowed by major PLA military exercises around Taiwan
China and the US struggle to bridge ‘great power’ gap
‘Healthy competition’ turns into the complete opposite in the diplomatic game between Beijing and Washington
Diplomat Qin Gang ‘fired’ amid ‘sex and spy’ rumors
Was he left ‘vulnerable to accusations that he was compromised by foreign intelligence agencies?’
President Macron ends up on a trip to nowhere
His tête-à-tête with Comrade Xi about a Ukraine peace plan has been described as a ‘fool’s errand’
Doves, hawks and China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy
Beijing’s image as a force for global peace jars with its assertive and abrasive foreign policy
Belt-tightening squeezes China’s global ambitions
Debt is piling up at home and abroad as President Xi’s New Silk Road project hits a potholed-strewn landscape
War-ravished Ukraine trapped in China conundrum
Moscow’s ‘without-limits’ partnership with Beijing illustrates the dilemma facing Kyiv after Russia’s invasion