China’s hollow peace plan for Ukraine
Any hopes that Wang Yi’s visit to the Kremlin might have been to broker an end to the conflict have…
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This is how China wants the war in Ukraine to end
Chinese officials have called for peace talks on the first anniversary of the war, but Beijing has already chosen sides.
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Will China stop Russia going nuclear?
When Chinese diplomats say they want the war to end, they undoubtedly mean it – but not at any cost.
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Xinjiang’s governor should be arrested, not welcomed by the British government
Millions of Uyghurs have been held in Xinjiang’s camps. The region’s governor Erkin Tuniyaz must not be embraced by the…
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How UFOs are pushing the US and China further apart
Nine days. Four mysterious flying objects shot down. One intensifying diplomatic crisis.
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Asia’s dangerous new arms race
Russia’s war and China’s military build-up are provoking an unprecedented change in Japan’s approach to its defence.
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The balloon debacle is a needless crisis – but a crisis nonetheless
Whether it was a spy balloon or not, US politicians’ ability to take a nuanced approach to Beijing has been…
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The global ageing crisis is becoming unignorable
As Japan’s prime minister Kishida Fumio has warned, low birth rates will revolutionise society – and it is a worldwide…
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