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Reflections on the face-off between China and the US

July 31, 2026 by Yanzhong Huang
Xi | Trump | Face-Off

Beijing is now viewed more favorably than Washington in most nations surveyed in a major report

Categories Analysis Tags Beijing, Council on Foreign Relations, Pew Research Center, Soft Power, Splash, Washington Leave a comment

US-China the ‘fiercest Thucydian rivalry of all time’ 

July 17, 2026July 10, 2026 by Spencer Feingold

Trump and Xi will need to grapple with the contradiction facing them in a time of intense competition

Categories Behind The News Tags Beijing, Conflict Risks, News, Washington, World Economic Forum 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

Mad, mad world of China’s AI rivalry with the US

May 28, 2026May 27, 2026 by China Factor Staff
China-US | AI Figures| World Dominance

President Xi has called science and technology the ‘main battlefield’ of international competition

Categories Talking Point Tags AI Conflict, Beijing, China-US Tension, News, Washington Leave a comment

President Trump must stop making China great again

May 7, 2026May 6, 2026 by China Factor Staff
Trump | Your Move | Xi

He needs to start acting like a shrewd statesman in his face-to-face talks with Xi after Iran fiasco

Categories Talking Point Tags Beijing, Iran War, News, Trade Tensions, Washington Leave a comment

‘Manusgate’, Trump’s trip and the big China rip-off 

April 30, 2026April 29, 2026 by China Factor Staff
AI | Theft | China | US

Cold War 2.0 explodes after war of words between Washington and Beijing over state-of-the-art AI heist

Categories Talking Point Tags Beijing, DeepSeek, High-Tech Heist, Manus, News, Washington Leave a comment

US ramps up the pressure on China amid Iran crisis

April 16, 2026April 13, 2026 by China Factor Staff

Trump’s decision to launch a naval blockade has sent a shiver down the collective spine of Beijing

Categories Talking Point Tags American Blockade, News, Peace Talks, Washington Leave a comment

Taiwan sifts through strategic lessons of Iran war

April 27, 2026April 3, 2026 by Bonnie Yushih Liao
Taiwan | Urban | Drills | China

Key issue is not whether the US would act in a China conflict, but how it would manage multiple crises

Categories Viewpoint Tags Beijing, Indo-Pacific Tension, News, Strategic Pressure, The Conversation, The Long Read, Washington Leave a comment

China’s vision of the future is a nightmare for the US 

March 26, 2026March 25, 2026 by China Factor Staff

Five-year blueprint rolled out by Xi ‘translates into something straight out of Elon Musk’s fever dream’

Categories Talking Point Tags 6G Revolution, Beijing, News, Scientific War, Washington Leave a comment

Big pharma embroiled in China-US ‘drugs’ battle

March 25, 2026March 24, 2026 by China Factor Staff

Just like the ‘rare earths’ confrontation, the pharmaceutical industry will be the next flashpoint

Categories Talking Point Tags Beijing, Critical Drugs, News, Vice-Like Grip, Washington Leave a comment
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