Global export blitz reveals China’s real aims
Beijing is ‘daring other countries to do something about it’ as it continues to scale up manufacturing
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Winds of change gust through China’s green politics
Beijing is seizing the ‘opportunity to write the energy rulebook for the global low-carbon economy’
ASEAN walks a tightrope amid complex US-China ties
Diversification and partnerships have become key features in a changing world of big power politics
How Chinese RMB flows risk weakening US sanctions
Cross-border transactions in the Chinese currency have been rising – showing ‘renewed signs of life’
China is forced to rip up its Middle East playbook
‘This is not a good time’ for Beijing as the fallout from Iran’s missile strikes starts to hit home
Beijing’s BRICS wall of allies is rapidly crumbling
Partners of China are ‘reducing in number and in strategic weight’ amid missile strikes against Iran
Trump is abandoning US partners in the Indo-Pacific
Asian states are responding with Japan and South Korea aiming to provide more for their own defense
Critics of Starmer’s trip to China miss two key points
The British PM landed to a fanfare of trumpets, even as the main chorus back home was dismissive
Border crisis exposes criminal connections
Clashes with Thailand highlight the murky world of the multi-billion-dollar Chinese cybercrime industry
Trump to freeze out China in Cyberspace Cold War
But his new strategy might have fundamentally misunderstood the threat posed by Xi’s regime