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The Long Read
231 stories
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China and Russia will seize on US weapons crunch
Can the nearly US$1 trillion-a-year American military really be depleting key missile systems in Iran?
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Taiwan’s infighting is playing into China’s hands
Political polarization threatens to stall Taipei’s resilience to Chinese military and economic coercion
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President Xi is doubling down on state-led growth
His model remains heavily reliant on government intervention, risking inefficiencies and fiscal strain
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‘Becoming Chinese’ craze highlights soft power twist
Social media mania of ‘Chinamaxxing’ skirts politically sensitive topics through systematic filtering
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Japan’s quiet break with pacifism is growing louder
The balance between deterrence and risk will determine whether Tokyo stabilizes the region or deepens divides
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Taiwan sifts through strategic lessons of Iran war
Key issue is not whether the US would act in a China conflict, but how it would manage multiple crises
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ASEAN walks a tightrope amid complex US-China ties
Diversification and partnerships have become key features in a changing world of big power politics
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Culture vultures and the rise of China’s soft power
‘Museum boom reflects a strategy that links heritage, urban development and creative industries’
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Social debate divide fuels Japan-China friction
Prime Minister Takaichi’s stance reveals the ‘real shift unfolding in Japanese homes and streets’
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Crude crisis could help China burnish green image
But Beijing will need to ‘rely less on coercion and more on soft power’ amid global oil turmoil
