China-Russia axis and the start of Cold War II
President Xi seeks confrontation with the US and a new order with China taking ‘center stage in the world’
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Doves, hawks and China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy
Beijing’s image as a force for global peace jars with its assertive and abrasive foreign policy
Security clock is ticking amid TikTok fears
Privacy concerns fueled the move by the US to roll out a ban on government employees using the social media app
Will China risk arming Russia in the Ukraine war?
A Moscow victory would align with Beijing’s cherished goals of reshaping global politics and power
Red lights are flashing over China’s green tech
The United States and the European Union aim to break Beijing’s dominance of the clean energy industry
Wandering Earth II mirrors real-world China politics
Individual interests are submerged in the ‘collective ideology’ of Xi Jinping’s ‘community of common destiny’
Red rabbits and China’s rich ‘Gen Z’ nationalists
‘These young adults are now well placed to influence future decisions based on their worldview’
China swamped by a tsunami-style wave of Covid cases
Screening at borders has shown to be of little value from early in the pandemic that swept the globe
Why China could face a Covid-19 catastrophe
Beijing’s policy shift will see ‘the virus spread, leaving in its wake death and bitter dissension in the population’
China’s economic rise came at a cost under Jiang Zemin
Soaring growth and staggering inequality were part of his legacy, but so was the ‘orderly transfer of power’