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China-US ‘truce’ heralds the end of the free trade era

June 2, 2025May 14, 2025 by Peter Draper Nathan Howard Gray

‘Juggling ties with Washington and Beijing will become the act of an increasingly high-wire artist’

Categories Commentary Tags China, News, Tariff Tensions, The Conversation, The Long Read, Trade War, United States Leave a comment

Spy alarm spooks China’s relations with North Korea

May 9, 2025May 8, 2025 by Linggong Kong

High-tech specialist accused of stealing Chinese drone secrets as Pyongyang cozies up to Moscow

Categories Analysis Tags China, Close Ties, News, North Korea, Russia, Tech Secrets, The Conversation Leave a comment

Everyone loses in a standoff between great powers

May 26, 2025May 2, 2025 by Kai He

Global economic growth ‘has been weighed down’ by trade war headwinds, triggering ‘uncertainty’

Categories Behind The News Tags China, Economic Costs, News, Tariff Wars, The Conversation, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

Cool China and the soft power rivalry with the US

April 28, 2025April 25, 2025 by Shaoyu Yuan

Chinese blockbuster films, hit video games and viral apps risk eroding the United States’ cultural edge

Categories Culture Shift Tags Black Myth: Wukong, China, Ne Zha 2, News, The Conversation, TikTok, United States Leave a comment

Rare chance to end China’s critical minerals monopoly

April 21, 2025April 18, 2025 by Marina Yue Zhang

Australia can break Beijing’s grip on key defense components and boost ties with the United States

Categories Commentary Tags China, News, Rare Earths, The Conversation, United States Leave a comment

China’s threat cuts deep into global security networks

May 5, 2025April 11, 2025 by John Calabrese

Undersea cables sustain international Internet traffic, financial transactions and military systems

Categories Deep Dive Tags China, News, Security Risks, The Conversation, The Long Read, Undersea Cables, United States Leave a comment

China ‘Harbours’ greater ambitions than just Taiwan

April 7, 2025April 4, 2025 by Colin Flint

Beijing is studying the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches in 1944 to extend its global reach

Categories Behind The News Tags China, News, President Xi Jinping, Taiwan Invasion, The Conversation, World War II Leave a comment

‘Caught by the Tides’ of China’s historical change

April 7, 2025March 21, 2025 by Thomas Moran

‘Taking a journey through the changing landscape of contemporary China’

Categories Altered State Tags Economic Landscape, Jia Zhangke Film, News, Rapid Change, The Conversation Leave a comment

DeepSeek and China’s high-tech innovation club

March 17, 2025March 14, 2025 by Naresh R Pandit Feng Wan Peter Williamson

‘Chinese companies have focused on delivering innovation faster and cheaper by being adaptable’

Categories Analysis Tags Chinese Innovation, DeepSeek, Global Economy, News, The Conversation Leave a comment

Trump’s ‘wrecking ball’ sparks ‘seismic’ chain reaction

March 24, 2025March 3, 2025 by Matthew Sussex
Double take … “Yalta 2.0” depicting Trump, Putin and Xi in Crimea. Image: Social Media / X / YouTube

His ‘bizarre suggestion that China, Russia and the US halve defense budgets’ will be seen ‘as weakness’

Categories Commentary Tags China, News, President Donald Trump, Russia, The Conversation, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment
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