Beijing’s consumer ‘action plan’ is doomed to fail
China’s cash-strapped local governments and a ‘lack of details’ ramp up the pressure on President Xi
Talking Point
Big brother Xi and his Ukraine deception with Putin
Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine would have collapsed without China’s ‘no limits’ deal with Moscow
Washington is in a ‘scientific arms race’ with Beijing
US is failing to defend its ‘intellectual property’ and slipping behind in ‘investing in new research’
China’s economic emergency and the robot revolution
‘Much of the Chinese public has lost confidence in the economy, and its leadership’
China is struggling to get to grips with the D-word
The world’s second-largest economy is drowning in deflation and debt as consumer spending dries up
Fragmented politics rule in a fragmented world
Beijing’s Communist Party bash was in sharp contrast to the scenes at the US Capitol for Trump’s speech
Tariff king Trump targets ‘friends and foes alike’
The United States president needs to act like a statesman and tackle ‘the real enemies at the gate’
Washington’s tax tsunami hits China’s shipbuilders
Beijing’s heavily-subsidized policy ‘creates security risks in sectors critical to the US economy’
President Trump hands over the world to vultures
Autocrats like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin wait in the wings to swoop on his destructive policies
DeepSeek’s ‘hidden code’ is fueling AI data fears
Allegations of links to state-owned China Mobile spark concerns about the software startup