Declining dollar dominance and China’s dilemma
Only a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would see the world split into Western and Eastern economic blocs
Beijing
China specter hangs over Musk’s Twitter takeover
‘Communist Party officials do not share’ the billionaire’s ‘free speech values and they know how to squeeze’
Factory chaos puts the brake on China’s economy
Omicron outbreak leaves nearly 400 million people under lockdown as Shanghai crisis spreads across the country
D-word has come back to haunt crisis China
Trading partners in the US and EU plan to diversify supply networks away from the world’s second-largest economy
China faces ‘collateral damage’ from Putin’s war
Pro-Russian and anti-Western narratives have shattered President Xi Jinping’s international reputation
Russian-style sanctions and the risks to China
Beijing will ‘understand the vulnerability facing any country that has tense relations with the US’
Quantum leap triggers arms race revolution
China and the United States are now in a high-tech struggle for economic and military supremacy
China’s economy is plagued by numbers game
Dodgy data appears to have infected the DNA of the nation and wrecked credibility in Beijing’s system
Did China know Russia would invade Ukraine?
Beijing furious after reports accuse Xi’s government of asking Moscow to delay attack until after the Winter Olympics
Why President Xi could throw Russia an economic lifeline
There are suggestions that Beijing might help sanctions-hit Moscow behind the scenes after Ukraine invasion