Biotech battle breaks out between China and the US
Europe also warns of falling into the critical minerals supply chain trap amid heightened tensions
Communist Party of China
AI boom explodes China’s unemployment time bomb
Beijing is ‘increasingly worried about Chinese people worrying about losing their jobs’
Specter of poverty starts to rise again in China
Accelerating unemployment and an aging population are challenges that Beijing can not ignore
Middle East turmoil hangs over China’s policy push
‘Rarely in many years have we encountered such a grave and complex landscape,’ Premier Li warns
Iran conflict reveals flaws in China’s war machine
‘This is a humiliating display of technological impotence’ by Chinese ‘hardware on the global stage’
Wang’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ howls erupt over Japan’s stance
Beijing has turned the page on its aggressive diplomatic posturing – except when it comes to Tokyo
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
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
Succession and the fate of ‘Chairman of Everything’ Xi
‘The delicate issue of the transition of power has been under discussion for over a year’
Europe is wide open to China’s economic blackmail
The EU will need to find new sources of rare earths to break Beijing’s monopoly on critical minerals