Beijing is left to walk a geopolitical tightrope
China’s ‘strategic reasoning means that it is likely to remain detached’ from the Russian-Ukraine war
President Xi Jinping
China’s Big Brother is watching you and you and you …
Beijing’s ‘surveillance state’ has ramped up its crackdown on dissenting voices in Covid-hit Shanghai
Virus risks threaten President Xi and the Party
China’s leadership knows that any relaxation of the zero-Covid policy ‘will likely result in escalating deaths’
China’s Covid mess threatens the global economy
Mass lockdowns in the world’s second-largest economy could have a profound impact across the world
President Xi left trapped in a global gray zone
He calls out the US and its partners for ‘sanctions’ strategy but fails to condemn ‘friend’ Putin for Ukraine war
Nuclear war is still a clear and present danger
The risk of a military conflict escalating between the United States and China ‘must be considered afresh’
China faces ‘collateral damage’ from Putin’s war
Pro-Russian and anti-Western narratives have shattered President Xi Jinping’s international reputation
Concerns grow over Shanghai’s Covid crackdown
Omicron wave threatens to turn into a crisis for China and stall the global economy
First we take the Solomon Islands …
China is turning its eyes to the strategic importance of the South Pacific and the Solomon Islands
China must stop Russia’s war or risk ‘isolation’
A Chinese academic calls for Xi to rein in Putin and Beijing’s propaganda campaign against the US ‘empire of lies’