Fighter jets and street markets: Taiwan’s daily dissonance as tensions with China ramp up
Invasion by China remains an abstract threat, but it is hard to shake the anxiety that the worst could happen.
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As China stumbles, the West must ask: what if its rise is not inevitable?
As Beijing reckons with corporate excess, power cuts and a rapidly ageing population, the image of an ever-mightier China is…
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Why China’s hostage diplomacy will likely continue
Canada’s diplomatic stand-off with China over Huawei has come to an end. But the fall-out for Ottawa and the West…
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Why China’s Evergrande debt crisis is the tip of an iceberg
The woes of the world’s most heavily indebted property developer could soon mean problems for Xi Jinping, China’s economy and…
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The nuclear tinderbox: why the Indo-Pacific is the new arena of great power rivalry
The Aukus pact is more than an arms deal. It is a glimpse of the future of geopolitics in the…
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Why China and the US’s climate announcements are cause for hope
China will no longer fund overseas coal projects, while Joe Biden is promising to increase climate funding for developing countries.
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What does Washington want from Aukus?
Why Joe Biden's administration decided it was worth risking French wrath.
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China whisperers: The US advisers shaping the world’s great rivalry
Despite calls for caution from some quarters, the consensus within the Biden administration is that China needs to be countered.
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