China has proposed export controls on 12 technologies used in solar equipment manufacturing, citing national security concerns in a move that could affect international efforts to develop domestic solar industries and access
It was both painful and humiliating to watch media coverage of Donald Trump’s recent visit to Beijing, because it amply demonstrated America’s decline as a great power relative to China. Prior to the summit,
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International media described the Hambantota Port and Mattala Airport as a Chinese debt trap. In 2017, the Maithri-Ranil government leased the Hambantota Port to China. India opposed the government’s decision. However, the
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As Russian President Vladimir Putin begins his state visit to China from May 19 to 20, attention is once again turning to the strength and resilience of China–Russia relations at a time
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China is increasingly positioning itself as a pivotal arena in global geopolitics, with Beijing emerging as a key destination for the world’s most powerful leaders. The upcoming visit of Vladimir Putin to
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U.S. President Donald Trump and his delegation reportedly discarded all gifts and souvenirs received during a high-level visit to China, including access badges, commemorative items, and temporary communication devices, before boarding the
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A detailed investigation by NPR into the final phase of Syria’s long civil war reveals a hidden but decisive chapter in the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, centered on foreign fighters from
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A cross-strait media summit held in Beijing has triggered renewed scrutiny over China’s efforts to shape media narratives in Taiwan, with around a dozen Taiwanese media representatives attending an event organized by
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China has committed to purchasing at least $17 billion worth of United States agricultural products annually between 2026 and 2028, according to a White House fact sheet released following high-level meetings between
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In a detailed interview aired on CBS News’ Face the Nation, former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates offered a stark but measured assessment of the evolving US–China rivalry, with particular focus on
More US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing not as the leader of an unchallenged superpower, but as the head of a nervous empire trying to negotiate with the factory floor that now
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Narratives in international diplomacy are best formed through an organic process as the variables in any given situation get played out in the fulness of time and a ‘new normal’ accrues as
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When Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te quietly stepped off a borrowed royal jet in the southern African kingdom of Eswatini earlier this month, he completed one of the most daring diplomatic journeys in
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An unusually large and heavily layered motorcade escorting President Donald Trump through Beijing during his recent state visit to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping has drawn significant attention from observers, particularly due
More Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to invoke the “Thucydides Trap” during a major summit with the United States in Beijing was far more than a passing historical reference. It was a carefully
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China has issued a sharp warning to the United Kingdom over plans to nationalise British Steel, escalating tensions between London and Beijing in a dispute that blends industrial policy, foreign investment, and
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