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China’s Global Strategy — Winning over the Global South, Targeting Taiwan
October 7, 2026 · 52 minSeptember's summit meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping may not have achieved too many concrete outcomes, but to some observers, it highlighted China’s rising international status. Beijing's ambitions on the international stage have…
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Mr Xi goes to Washington — Stability amid tension?
September 22, 2026 · 40 minChinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington this month comes amidst continuing tensions over Beijing’s strategic ambitions, US arms sales to Taiwan, and restrictions on US chip exports to China. Congress has just passed a bill…
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Europe’s New ‘China Shock’ — Trade tensions, job losses, crisis talks
July 15, 2026 · 44 minDespite decades of rapid Chinese growth, it’s over the past year that European politicians have begun to talk of facing what’s been dubbed the ‘China Shock 2.0’ — as surging Chinese exports and the impact of higher technology Chinese…
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Family and Relationship Trends in China — Across generations, across the urban-rural divide
July 2, 2026 · 41 minThere’s been much talk recently about China’s demographic challenges: a fast-ageing population, a fall in the number of marriages, and record low birth rates - despite the relaxation of the One Child Policy ten years ago - as well as a…
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World Cup Dreams and Own Goals — Football in China
June 17, 2026 · 39 minDespite the extra places on offer at this year’s expanded FIFA World Cup Finals, the Chinese men’s soccer team once again failed to qualify, continuing a series of disappointments dating back to 2002, when China made its only appearance at…
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Did China trump Trump? — After the Beijing summit
May 21, 2026 · 43 minDonald Trump's visit to Beijing, the first by a US president in nine years, not only included plenty of pageantry, but produced some apparently substantive agreements. Aside from China resuming purchases of Boeing planes, beef and soybeans…
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China's Middle East Balancing Act — Peace plans, pragmatism and economic prospects
May 6, 2026 · 36 minThe war in the Middle East has affected China in many ways: as well as targeting Iran, a country with which Beijing has a comprehensive strategic partnership, it has disrupted exports, rattled consumer confidence, and forced the Chinese…
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China's International Ambitions — A Global Opposition Party?
April 1, 2026 · 44 minThe presidency of Donald Trump has given China fresh opportunities to increase its influence on the international stage. China has long been seeking to expand its role in global governance, proposing initiatives on issues ranging from…
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Slower Growth, Hi-tech Self-reliance, and 'Ethnic Unity' — China plans the future
March 18, 2026 · 40 minChina's legislature this month set the nation's GDP growth target at 4.5 – 5%, the lowest since 1991, and also approved the country's new five year plan, which calls for higher quality growth with an emphasis on self-reliance and…
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China's Economic Plans — and Consumer Challenges
March 3, 2026 · 43 minChina’s legislature is meeting in March to approve the nation’s new Five Year Plan, which aims to promote higher quality growth, and make China increasingly self-sufficient in new technology of all kinds, from AI to semiconductors. Yet it…
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Xi Jinping and his Father — Power, purges, parenting
February 17, 2026 · 45 minThe run-up to the lunar year has been a busy one for China’s President Xi Jinping, with world leaders beating a path to Beijing to meet him; he also found time to purge two of the Chinese military’s top generals, while the outspoken Hong…
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China and Britain — Thawing ties, underlying tensions
February 3, 2026 · 42 minSir Keir Starmer described his recent trip to China as a chance to end the ‘ice age’ in the two countries’ ties and build a more ‘sophisticated’ relationship. But despite the announcement of visa free-travel to China for British visitors…