Trump card falls flat amid tension over Xi talks
Iran war turmoil and the US president’s call for a ‘convoy of the willing’ sparks China-US challenges
Washington
Tariffs, trade wars and Trump’s crucial China talks
‘Washington retains formidable tools, but deploying them will require more consensus and more time’
Australia is dreaming away Asia Pacific realities
The world is recognizing that reliance on either China or the US is a dangerous mistake
Trump’s Venezuela strike will not spark a Taiwan attack
His decision to capture Maduro has not signaled a green light for China to invade the island
Lines of conflict drawn in the battle for AI dominance
China and the United States pursue a ‘somewhat different strategy – by choice or by necessity’
China’s close encounters of the dangerous kind
Washington cites incidents in the air and on the sea as examples of Beijing’s increasing ‘aggressiveness’
High-tech hot wires China’s Gulf strategy
As American pressure on China grows in Asia, Beijing is likely to increase its relevance in the Middle East
Pelosi and Taiwan have become a toxic mix for China
Her proposed visit would come at a sensitive time for Beijing ahead of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party
Beijing and Washington locked in a war of ‘values’
China ‘has become more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad’ under President Xi says Blinken
Declining dollar dominance and China’s dilemma
Only a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would see the world split into Western and Eastern economic blocs