Ports in a storm fueling China’s maritime expansion
It would be naive to treat all projects as politically neutral by ruling out covert military ambitions
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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’
China is forced to rip up its Middle East playbook
‘This is not a good time’ for Beijing as the fallout from Iran’s missile strikes starts to hit home
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
China bets on the face of cheap AI to hook the world
Think-tank Freedom House describes the country as having the ‘worst conditions for internet freedom’
Tariffs, trade wars and Trump’s crucial China talks
‘Washington retains formidable tools, but deploying them will require more consensus and more time’
China’s ‘carrier-killer’ aimed at Trump’s armada
‘If Iran has supersonic capability to attack ships in the area,’ this is ‘a game-changer’
Russia is now a Chinese ‘colony’ for cheap resources
Moscow is deeply dependent on Beijing as the illegal war with Ukraine drags on into a fifth year
China needs to sort out its economic crisis at home
‘Household wealth destruction’ is ‘on par with America’s 2008 crash, except it is still accelerating’