The United States “very much” understands Taiwan’s defence needs and the severe military threat it faces from China, a senior Taiwanese diplomat said on Sunday, following a summit between US President Donald
The story of Xi Jinping’s China begins far from the gleaming skylines of Beijing and Shanghai. It starts in Liangjiahe, a small village nestled among the dusty, clay-colored hills of Shaanxi province,
More
The authenticity of the public articulation of the stunning proposal of an alliance by Majlis speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf — ‘regional bloc’ — built around an Iran-China axis in the Middle East is not
More
Hong Kong Overtakes Switzerland as World’s Top Cross-Border Wealth Hub Amid Surge of Chinese Capital
Hong Kong has surpassed Switzerland for the first time as the world’s leading center for cross-border wealth management, marking a significant shift in global capital flows driven largely by a surge of
More
The European Union has postponed a direct trade confrontation with China after leaders failed to agree on immediate measures to counter what they described as economic imbalances caused by rising Chinese imports
More
The United States has delayed adding Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and more than 100 other firms identified as national security risks to a trade blacklist,
More
Abandoned Megaprojects Expose China’s Tourism Boom as “White Elephant” Crisis Spreads Across Regions
Across China, a wave of ambitious tourism megaprojects is increasingly stalling or failing to attract visitors, leaving behind unfinished structures and financially burdened local governments. Among the most visible examples is a
More
China has expressed strong opposition to a decision by the United States Defense Department to include several prominent Chinese companies on its updated list of firms it alleges are linked to China’s
More
The informal grouping known as the “Dumpling Alliance” emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic as a shorthand for a cluster of Eastern European states that deepened political and symbolic support for Taiwan. Coined
More
For years, Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port was the textbook example of what Western politicians called Chinese “debt-trap diplomacy” – the claim that Beijing lures poor countries into unpayable loans and then seizes
More
Chinese firms have unveiled artificial intelligence-enabled policing technologies capable of analysing suspects’ physical health, mental condition and perceived behavioural risk, according to demonstrations presented at a law enforcement equipment exhibition in Beijing.
More
Europe continues to describe China in familiar categories: partner, competitor, and systemic rival. Yet behind this triad, a growing number of analysts argue that the continent still lacks a coherent strategy for
More
Taiwan’s emerging drone industry has been thrown into uncertainty after lawmakers scrapped domestic production funding from a major defense spending package, freezing plans that were intended to rapidly scale up one of
More
2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). As one of the world’s largest regional bodies, the SCO spans countries across much of Eurasia, representing nearly half of the
More
China’s producer prices rose for a third consecutive month in May, reaching their highest level since July 2022, as global energy shocks and stronger demand from artificial intelligence-related industries pushed upstream costs
More
BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu said on Tuesday that he expects the Chinese electric vehicle maker to become the world’s largest automaker within five years, making the statement at the company’s annual shareholder
More