Musk’s deep China ties risk complicating US policy
In contrast to the Beijing ‘hawks in the new White House cabinet,’ the Tesla billionaire is an ‘outlier’
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First port of call in the West’s battle with China
Beijing’s maritime reach across Latin America and Africa has alarmed the United States and Europe
Building BRICS for a new world order led by China
The group’s growth raises questions about whether the United States leadership will be challenged
Why the fentanyl crisis is rooted in the Opium Wars
‘Defeat signaled the start of the ‘century of humiliation’ in China when the country was colonized’
China must look West to trump the US threat
‘If Beijing plays its cards right, the danger Trump represents to its economy might not be as significant’
Trump’s Greenland grab sparked by China’s red alert
But ‘no great power has been able to go it alone forever – and taking the island is unlikely to change this’
China’s minerals ban exposes high-tech flaws in US
Washington is vulnerable to Beijing’s supply chain stranglehold when it comes to advanced technology
China trumps the United States at climate talks
Global leadership could fall to Beijing if President-elect Trump pulls out of the Paris Agreement
Trump’s bromance turns into a diplomatic ‘love triangle’
He might be able to drive a wedge between Putin and Xi but it could ‘un-unite’ Europe and the US
Trump’s ‘America First’ plan and a new world order
The guardrails that constrained his first term have either been swept away or will be bent to his will