by Our Correspondent in Hong Kong SAR The speed of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s flight between Beijing and Washington has exposed an unusual consequence of the competing airspace restrictions imposed after Russia’s
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to invoke the “Thucydides Trap” during a major summit with the United States in Beijing was far more than a passing historical reference.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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US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a new round of face-to-face talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping from May 14 to 15, a meeting arriving at a particularly
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The long-awaited summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump is set to unfold in Beijing this week amid mounting geopolitical instability, deepening economic rivalry and growing fears that relations between the world’s
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Chinese cars may be largely absent from American highways, but Chinese influence is increasingly present under the hood of vehicles built and sold in the United States. A sprawling supply chain network—stretching
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Economists are revising China’s trade forecasts after a sharp and unexpected surge in imports driven by the global artificial intelligence boom, forcing a rethink of how the world’s second-largest economy fits into
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A new advertising campaign by Volvo has triggered international controversy after featuring Hu Xijin, a prominent and outspoken former editor of Global Times known for his fiercely nationalistic views and combative rhetoric.
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China’s political establishment has been shaken once again as President Xi Jinping expands his sweeping anti-corruption campaign, targeting another high-ranking member of the ruling Communist Party’s elite decision-making body. The investigation into
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China is the world’s largest importer of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz, yet experts say the country is unusually well-prepared to handle a disruption, according to Reuters. While other Asian
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Following a dramatic purge of top generals, Xi is now overseeing the five-yearly reshuffle of party and state positions, affecting hundreds of thousands of jobs across China. The process begins at the
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China has cemented its status as a global innovation powerhouse, fueled largely by an extraordinary expansion of corporate research and development. Yet leading scientists and policy analysts argue that the country’s remarkable
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The United States intelligence community is urging caution over alarms about a potential Chinese strike on Taiwan, emphasizing there is no “fixed timeline” for action, according to reporting by the Wall Street
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Senior bankers across China’s vast financial system are facing steep reductions in their bonuses as authorities deepen a sweeping overhaul of compensation practices, marking another phase in Beijing’s effort to reshape the
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Top economic officials from the United States and China concluded talks in Paris on Monday, aiming to lay groundwork for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to address trade,
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China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy has taken a bold step into autonomous aerial warfare with the deployment of a new uncrewed helicopter aboard its Type 075 amphibious assault ship, potentially transforming the
More When Xi Jinping secured an unprecedented third five-year term as China’s leader in late 2022, he issued stark warnings to senior officials about the “stormy seas” and “worst-case scenarios” that could confront
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