President Xi’s left peering over a Great Wall of debt
His failure to restructure China’s economy poses unparalleled risks and threatens to rock the Party
President Xi Jinping
‘Zigzag’ policies meet China’s ‘wave-like’ economy
Confused? Beijing ramps up the propaganda to turn a crisis into a recovery as confidence drains away
Has China developed into a ‘hybrid superpower?’
The status of the world’s second-largest economy has long been disputed by Beijing and Washington
China needs to defuse its economic ticking time bomb
Crumbling confidence in the construction sector is just the tip of a gigantic iceberg of bad debt
Living in the shadow of President Xi’s autocracy
Taiwan faces ‘growing threats to its security’ as Beijing ramps up a ‘psychological warfare’ campaign
‘Bully next door’ will not decide the fate of Taiwan
China’s military intimidation can not stop next year’s elections and the Taiwanese ‘people’s’ right to vote
Russia’s war in Ukraine is a stark warning to China
Beijing is all too aware that overstepping in Taiwan would further unite nations in a trade conflict
China dumps explosive ‘youth’ jobless numbers
Beijing suspends crucial data release as the world’s second-largest economy takes another massive hit
China’s military spending has hit US$700 billion
Beijing has underreported the true cost of its rapid build-up in the East and South China Seas
Is this the end of the road for Italy’s China gambit?
Rome’s signals to exit the BRI should be seen in the light of the ‘new geopolitical reality facing Europe’