Comrade Xi’s left entangled in a ‘Wall of Steel’
Nationalistic rhetoric escalates tension with the US and its allies as he tightens his grip on power in China
President Xi Jinping
China warns the US of ‘conflict and confrontation’
Foreign Minister Qin Gang launches a ‘Wolf Warrior’ tirade as he goads Washington
China’s myth machine and the Party’s autocratic rule
Grandiose theater and hot air make a mockery of what the CCP insists is ‘transparency and representation for all’
Hidden debt risks stalk China’s stalling economy
Excessive borrowing casts a giant shadow over the country’s political elite at the National People’s Congress
China’s energy rush helps oil Russia’s war machine
Cut-priced energy deals have baled out Russian President Vladimir Putin and cash-strapped Moscow
China’s Ukraine ‘concerns’ simply reek of hypocrisy
Foreign Minister Qin Gang wraps up his dove-like speech in ‘Wolf Warrior’ rhetoric as the war drags on
Microscopic killer and the search for Covid answers
There are nearly eight-million reasons why the world deserves to know how the pandemic started
China’s howling wolves in the Year of the Rabid Rabbit
Beijing tramples on international law amid rising tension with Washington over Balloongate and the South China Sea
Wandering Earth II mirrors real-world China politics
Individual interests are submerged in the ‘collective ideology’ of Xi Jinping’s ‘community of common destiny’
Balloon goes up in Chinese ‘I spy’ guessing game
Beijing and Washington trade diplomatic hot air as tensions rise again in new Cold War