Tariff king Trump targets ‘friends and foes alike’
The United States president needs to act like a statesman and tackle ‘the real enemies at the gate’
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Trump’s ‘wrecking ball’ sparks ‘seismic’ chain reaction
His ‘bizarre suggestion that China, Russia and the US halve defense budgets’ will be seen ‘as weakness’
ASEAN faces challenges from China-US fallout
Myanmar war, South China Sea crisis and threatened tariffs will test Southeast Asian nations
China picks up the torch amid fading US soft power
Even before the USAID shutdown, polls showed Beijing had ‘edged ahead in many Southeast Asian states’
Washington’s tax tsunami hits China’s shipbuilders
Beijing’s heavily-subsidized policy ‘creates security risks in sectors critical to the US economy’
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’
President Trump hands over the world to vultures
Autocrats like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin wait in the wings to swoop on his destructive policies
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
DeepSeek’s ‘hidden code’ is fueling AI data fears
Allegations of links to state-owned China Mobile spark concerns about the software startup
China is sitting on a US$18 trillion time bomb
Trump’s Trade War 2.0 comes at a time when Xi is struggling with an economy in free fall