Atmosphere between China and the US still thick with suspicion
Biden’s White House has dialed down the rhetoric but Beijing appears in no mood to compromise
Geopolitics
Spies, ‘fake news’ and CGTN fuel China-UK war of words
Tensions escalate as Beijing and London go toe-to-toe on a raft of controversial issues
Moves to ease nuclear standoff between China and the US
Washington aims to ‘engage Beijing on nuclear arms control’ after signing New START Treaty extension with Russia
Did China know in advance of the military coup in Myanmar?
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met military chief Min Aung Hlaing last month and now he is in charge
China aims to block Hong Kong citizens moving to the UK
Row erupts as Beijing tries to stop exodus after dismantling the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ model
China’s crackdown and the road to Hong Kong ‘appeasement’
UK Foreign Affairs Committee challenges HSBC over its moral and political judgement amid democracy clampdown
Pandemic piles on debt for nations hit by Belt and Road loans
Emerging markets involved in China’s New Silk Roads were already under economic pressure before Covid-19