President Xi’s ultimate weapon is total ‘control’
China’s economic numbers and the trade war with the United States will not give him sleepless nights
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Rise of the ‘rat people’ and why ‘Zoomers’ zoom out
‘Lying flat’ and escaping to rural regions sparked silent protests about China’s economic malaise
Rare chance to end China’s critical minerals monopoly
Australia can break Beijing’s grip on key defense components and boost ties with the United States
Indonesia faces a delicate balancing act with China
‘Jakarta is reinforcing the defenses of its northernmost islands that are targeted by Beijing’
China’s numbers game fails to hide economic dangers
‘Like with everything, backwards-looking data’ is ‘being disregarded or taken with a big pinch of salt’
US tariffs strike puts 20 million Chinese jobs in peril
President Trump’s move will ‘generate substantial pressures on the Chinese economy and labor market’
British men of steel grappling over China moves
Jingye Group’s plan to shut down crucial steel plant in the UK sparks ‘national security’ row in London
China’s threat cuts deep into global security networks
Undersea cables sustain international Internet traffic, financial transactions and military systems
Xi reaches out to China’s neighbors to combat US risks
Beijing has a ‘new vision for neighborhood diplomacy in a fragmenting world’ full of ‘uncertainty’
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ will hasten China’s domination
His legacy will be Beijing’s ‘consolidated influence across much of the world’