China Brief

Facing increasingly hostile diplomacy, Canberra is more likely to strengthen defense ties with Washington than cave to Beijing.

Deprioritizing Beijing on the foreign-policy agenda would be a dangerous mistake for the incoming U.S. administration.

In their final weeks, hawks in the outgoing White House are trying to push through measures that would keep Beijing and Washington on a confrontational course.

That the Chinese leadership hasn’t congratulated the U.S. president-elect doesn’t mean it favors Trump.

The winner simply isn’t that important to Chinese leaders or the general public, who see the United States as a power in decline.

As the Chinese leadership discusses a five-year plan in Beijing this week, it could underestimate the United States.

The U.S. president has attacked Democratic nominee Joe Biden for his son’s dealings in China. But it appears Trump was himself pursuing business interests there.

A change to the Chinese Communist Party’s top-level meeting procedure follows a chilling pattern under Xi’s leadership.

A state campaign against food waste has raised questions about food security after a year of natural disasters and contagion.

A new set of qualifications focused on strength rather than skill could actually harm Beijing’s efforts at the next Olympics.

Despite efforts by China hawks to blunt Beijing’s influence, a Chinese firm will retain majority ownership of the app.

The arrest of Chinese-Australian broadcaster Cheng Lei has prompted fears of hostage diplomacy.

The billionaire fell out of favor in Beijing in 2015, but he is not a dissident. That should make U.S. policymakers wary.

So-called anti-corruption crackdowns in the Chinese Communist Party follow a familiar pattern.

The billionaire was detained under Beijing’s new national security law. What happens next will set a precedent for the territory’s elite.