Geopolitics

President Xi tightens his grip on the Party and China

China fires a verbal missile at Australia, UK and US pact

China’s ‘Taliban’ rhetoric triggers a Taiwan backlash

China walks a fine line in Taliban talks amid Kabul turmoil

China and the US tiptoe through a diplomatic minefield

Japan wakes up to the China threat to Taiwan

Fiction and friction amid China’s rising Red tide

Global democracies push back at China’s red lines

Mixed messaging and Beijing’s cult of nationalism

Xi’s regime has created an ‘open-air prison’ in Xinjiang