Japan wakes up to the China threat to Taiwan
Tokyo’s annual defense review talks about ’stabilizing’ the situation surrounding the island democracy
Geopolitics
Fiction and friction amid China’s rising Red tide
Centenary celebrations of the Communist Party will ‘establish a sense of historical legitimacy for future rulers’
Global democracies push back at China’s red lines
G7 nations and allies target President Xi’s ruling Communist Party after Beijing unveils Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law
Mixed messaging and Beijing’s cult of nationalism
‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy looks here to stay despite President Xi calling for a more measured approach to foreign policy
Xi’s regime has created an ‘open-air prison’ in Xinjiang
US State Department and UN group accuse China of religious repression and ‘crimes against humanity’
Comrade Xi and the Party are caught in a diplomatic quagmire
G7 Foreign Ministers lay the ground work to call out Beijing’s nationalistic policy
President Biden will turn up the political pressure on Beijing
Focus of the G7 Summit will be how global democracies can deal with autocratic states such as China
Beijing boycott calls fuel Winter Games of discontent
Chinese government aims to ‘sportwash’ its treatment of Uyghurs by showcasing one of the world’s top sporting events next year
Economic blackmail fails to silence China’s human rights critics
Beijing ramps up the pressure to gag companies and stifle international debate
Russia and China ridicule the US for its double standards
Asian nations are closely watching the development of this alternative international order led by Beijing and China