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
Beijing
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
Why China and Russia are clear and present dangers
Coordinated attacks on Ukraine and Taiwan risk fracturing the global order and triggering an economic meltdown
Beijing 2022 and the 1936 Nazi Olympics
The Winter Games face two major challenges – the global pandemic and geopolitical tensions