Chasing an elusive South China Sea code of conduct
Intensified military activity in the disputed waters undermines a peaceful pact between ASEAN and China
China
‘Heartbreaking’ but Jimmy Lai’s ‘spirit’ is ‘strong’
Nearly four years in solitary confinement has taken a physical toll on the one-time media mogul’s health
Beijing plays the victim while backing Putin’s war
President Xi ramps up state-media propaganda push to paint China as a “peace-loving” country
Hong Kong 2024 slides into an Orwellian vision of ‘1984’
‘We dared to confront the regime with the question: will democracy be possible within such a structure?’
Made in China was conceived and born in the USA
‘American industry threw its healthy productive baby out with its excess capitalist bathwater’
China launches ‘significant cyber’ attack ‘campaign’
FBI and the cybersecurity agency warn that suspected Chinese hack of US telecoms reveals a wider plot
Foreign investors buffeted by China’s winds of change
Major global groups are struggling to retain market share as the ‘rules of the game’ shift
Xi’s EU blunder will be costly with Trump in the wings
China’s backing of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turned Brussels into an enemy in the tariff wars
China’s caught cold in a US$1 trillion trade trap
A record-breaking surplus would pile pressure on Beijing and trigger a global tariff war
Trump’s ‘America First’ plan and a new world order
The guardrails that constrained his first term have either been swept away or will be bent to his will