Culture vultures and the rise of China’s soft power
‘Museum boom reflects a strategy that links heritage, urban development and creative industries’
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Social debate divide fuels Japan-China friction
Prime Minister Takaichi’s stance reveals the ‘real shift unfolding in Japanese homes and streets’
China and the UK in green energy power play
Rather than export expertise in an industry they dominate, Chinese firms are keen to import innovation
Specter of poverty starts to rise again in China
Accelerating unemployment and an aging population are challenges that Beijing can not ignore
Trump card falls flat amid tension over Xi talks
Iran war turmoil and the US president’s call for a ‘convoy of the willing’ sparks China-US challenges
Crude crisis could help China burnish green image
But Beijing will need to ‘rely less on coercion and more on soft power’ amid global oil turmoil
How Chinese RMB flows risk weakening US sanctions
Cross-border transactions in the Chinese currency have been rising – showing ‘renewed signs of life’
China’s big anti-scam campaign poses a paradox
Pressure in Southeast Asia may accelerate crackdowns, but it fails to stop criminal networks relocating
Trump’s tirades leave China dazed and confused
His chaotic foreign policy shifts might force Beijing to revise its heavy export-based model
China’s robot mania ignites another zombie outbreak
By 2030, the country aims to be the ‘world leader’ in frontier research and development in ‘humanoids’