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Property crash fallout engulfs Southeast Asia

August 4, 2026July 9, 2026 by Chris Taylor

Chinese companies exported its playbook across borders. Now it is exporting the collapse

Categories Analysis Tags Bangkok, China, Phnom Penh, Property Bubble, The Long Read, Zombie Developer Loans Leave a comment

Merz trades blows with Beijing over export flood

August 4, 2026July 3, 2026 by Tom Harper
Friedrich Merz | Germany | China

What is clear is that the relationship between Europe and China ‘is entering a contentious stage’

Categories Behind The News Tags Beijing, Currency Clash, European Union, News, The Conversation, The Long Read, Trade Tensions Leave a comment

Taiwan’s defense deadlock is fueling China fears

July 27, 2026June 26, 2026 by Cho-Han Hsiung
Taiwan | Urban | Drills | China

Strategic planning for the future has become a casualty of two-party bickering in Taipei

Categories Commentary Tags China, East Asia Forum, News, Regional Pressure, Taiwan Tension, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

Vietnam President To Lam is not the ‘new Xi Jinping’

July 6, 2026June 19, 2026 by Carlyle Thayer
Xi | Lam | Beijing | Summit

His authority ‘remains constrained by collective leadership and Communist Party consensus’

Categories Commentary Tags China Comparison, East Asia Forum, geopolitics, News, The Long Read, To Lam, Vietnam Politics Leave a comment

Trump is pushing Asian allies into China’s arms 

July 6, 2026June 18, 2026 by Joshua Kurlantzick
Pete Hegseth | Secretary of Defense | United States

Beijing will seize on demands by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in his Singapore speech

Categories Behind The News Tags American Bullying, Beijing, Council on Foreign Relations, Defense Risks, News, Taiwan Question, The Long Read, Washington Leave a comment

Europe’s squeezed between China and the United States

June 29, 2026June 5, 2026 by Kerry Brown
China | Europe | United States

Forget the ‘often-floated idea of a G2,’ there needs to be talk of a G3 that includes Europe

Categories Commentary Tags China, EU, News, The Conversations, The Long Read, Trade Tensions, UK, United States Leave a comment

Why Beijing has become the world’s ‘living room’ 

June 22, 2026May 28, 2026 by Czeslaw Tubilewicz
Donald Trump | Walking | Black and White

China is enjoying the global stage, but there are limits to its influence

Categories Analysis Tags China, News, President Xi Jinping, The Conversation, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

China spying strikes and the American AI revolution

June 15, 2026May 19, 2026 by Vinh X Nguyen

Two bolts of lightning have struck the US cybersecurity landscape in the past six months

Categories Behind The News Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, Cyberattacks, News, Security Risks, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment

Pretense of solving major China-US issues has gone

June 8, 2026May 11, 2026 by Michael Froman

Trump’s summit with Xi ‘is unlikely to alter the character and course’ of the long-term relationship

Categories Behind The News Tags Council on Foreign Relations, National Defense Strategy, News, The Long Read, Trump-X Summit Leave a comment

Europe and the US buffeted by China’s trade winds 

June 2, 2026May 7, 2026 by Chee Meng Tan
China | US | Europe | Wind

Big dilemma is whether to use Chinese wind turbines to meet renewable targets amid energy security fears

Categories Analysis Tags Europe, News, Renewable Rivalry, The Conversation, The Long Read, United States, Wind Power Leave a comment
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