Beijing’s BRICS wall of allies is rapidly crumbling
Partners of China are ‘reducing in number and in strategic weight’ amid missile strikes against Iran
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Trump is abandoning US partners in the Indo-Pacific
Asian states are responding with Japan and South Korea aiming to provide more for their own defense
Critics of Starmer’s trip to China miss two key points
The British PM landed to a fanfare of trumpets, even as the main chorus back home was dismissive
‘Are You Dead?’ craze highlights cultural shift
Behind its sudden popularity lie deeper social transformations, including demographic changes
Border crisis exposes criminal connections
Clashes with Thailand highlight the murky world of the multi-billion-dollar Chinese cybercrime industry
Trump to freeze out China in Cyberspace Cold War
But his new strategy might have fundamentally misunderstood the threat posed by Xi’s regime
Taiwan looks on amid Xi’s war on his own army
How this will affect the escalating threat facing the island democracy is impossible to predict
Power, paranoia and the threat to ‘Emperor’ Xi’s reign
Was the decision to fire top general Zhang sparked by speculation of a planned coup to topple his boss?
China and the United States battle for supremacy
But their great power rivalry has left Indo-Pacific nations questioning an American or Chinese hegemony
China must invest big at home to boost prosperity
Productivity growth will need to compensate for a smaller workforce as the population shrinks