Cruising for a bruising on the rising Covid waves
The cruise industry appears more on the ball than the average China watcher when it comes to Covid restrictions
Russia
Red lines are blurring the China-Russia relationship
President Xi Jinping’s ‘ambiguity’ policy reveals fragments of Beijing’s game plan in dealing with Moscow
China calls the ‘shots’ as Russia fires blanks
President Putin’s stark admission highlights President Xi’s leading role in Beijing’s alliance with Moscow
Japan acts to counter threats from China and Russia
Putin’s attack on Ukraine and Beijing’s pressure on Taiwan will feature prominently in Tokyo’s strategic review
Caught in a balance of power shift with China
In an era of closer Sino-Russian collaboration, Washington is being squeezed by Beijing and Moscow
Why a new Cold War is a bad idea for the US
Washington should focus – as China does – on developing the new technologies that will define future markets
Beijing will be the real winner of the Ukraine war
Why we need to understand the ‘immense threat’ to the West posed by the Chinese Communist Party
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
Why China refuses to condemn Putin’s war
Unless relations between Beijing and Washington change, China will not risk its partnership with Russia
To boldly go where no bloc has gone before
Space has become the final frontier pitching China and Russia against the United States, Europe and Japan