China

A U.S. review of the landmark submarine deal is causing consternation across several ponds.

Beijing thinks it holds all the cards as Trump attacks allies.

Familiar partners face familiar grievances—with more threats and unpredictability. 

Brussels is worried it could be Beijing’s next target.

Oil sanctions have failed to deliver results with Iran and Russia. It would be a mistake to try them with China.

Tibetans strongly oppose the controversial clean energy project.

When European and Chinese leaders meet in Beijing, relations will be strained.

Right when the Trump administration should be ramping up export controls, its trade strategy is undermining them.

Beijing dominates global trade. But it couldn’t turn that into a geopolitical advantage—until Trump 2.0.

Former Indonesian diplomat Dino Patti Djalal on how his country views Trump and a new world order.

Washington is making big moves, but Beijing has a powerful hand. 

Tokyo is being squeezed by its biggest enemy and by its closest friend.

The recent conflict with Pakistan and a deadly crash underscore issues with an aging fleet and weapons procurement.

Groupthink and short-termism are clouding judgments about these waters.

Sacking specialists and cutting federal funding only helps adversaries and competitors.

The state of the China- and Russia-backed bloc in the Trump era.

Tom Friedman on the region’s big shifts—and how the rest of the world sees it.

Indian comments about who should choose the next Tibetan leader highlight the risk to bilateral relations.

The 80th anniversary of the global victory over fascism offers a chance to change narratives.

Presidential rival Sara Duterte could step into her father’s foreign policy footsteps.

What pundits get wrong about the origins of the “Middle Kingdom.”

Trump’s dismantling of the aid agency has jeopardized U.S. commitments to the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau.

Ideological and economic concerns mean that Beijing is wary of foreign aid.

Despite slowing growth, people haven’t forgotten the party’s record of delivering public goods.

Pax Americana is dead, but Pax Sinica is nowhere in sight.

The “move fast and break things” approach of Trump’s second term has undermined some of his administration’s own China goals.

As Tibet’s exiled leader turns 90, a radical spiritual approach might solve the succession problem.

A new deal with the United States highlights Beijing’s tight grip on a crucial sector.

As fighting drags on, sieges and Chinese pressure may allow Myanmar’s military junta to consolidate its power.

Washington wasn’t always so vulnerable to Beijing’s chokehold.

Trump forces a reckoning with China on a key Indo-Pacific ally.

Thinking via historical analogy has become the preferred way to confront our anxieties.

Liberal critics charge Trump with creating a cult of personality not unlike Mao Zedong’s.

Inside life in the city five years after its national security law went into effect.

A new book details how the United States helped create a truly political animal.

‘Strangers in the Land’ illuminates a dark, enduring period of U.S. history.

Ignoring Tehran’s oil shipments has been informal policy for years. What if Washington made it official?

China has plenty to lose from instability.

China is happy to step back from the Middle East so that it can challenge the United States where it counts.

Beijing cares more about the Gulf states than Tehran’s future.

Beijing’s response is stronger and more direct than before.

Conspiracy theories about U.S. power are now shared by the Trump administration.

China has come out ahead in recent dealmaking.

“We’re in the sprint mode of a real race for supremacy between the United States and China.”

The billionaire’s access to sensitive information should have been a giant flashing red light for any administration.

Lacking other options, U.S. allies are doubling down on their ties with Washington.

This will give factories a temporary reprieve, but both sides could still leverage economic chokepoints in the future absent a larger deal.

The FBI says Chinese scientists may have targeted the U.S. food supply.

A new poll finds serious faults with the president’s foreign policy in his first 100 days.

Targeting students based on party affiliation is fundamentally misguided.

Trump’s attacks on American universities come as China seeks to dominate higher education.

Confrontational rhetoric combined with uncertain commitments raise fears of abandonment in Southeast Asia.

Military expert Mara Karlin on drones, AI, and asymmetrical conflicts.

When business titans and political leaders fall out, global autocracies show that the billionaires almost always lose.

A nuclear energy resurgence is vital to meet rising electricity demand.

Bans and sanctions aren’t enough to beat China.

The leaders claimed progress on thorny issues, but it remains to be seen if the rhetoric will translate into reality.

Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna is cautiously optimistic.

Xi Jinping has turned over critical economic roles to Li Qiang.

Trump’s “Americas First” foreign policy has intensified geopolitical competition in the region.

Great power competition is taking new forms under the sea.

Though the Trump administration hasn’t provided details, a rough estimate suggests a staggering impact.

Online culture and censorship have broken the ties that once spurred protesters.

A brief history of China’s language Romanization.

Beijing has long been eager to woo back top tech and AI talent.

Rather than reducing their exposure to the region, companies are on a building spree.

New Russian and Chinese weapons make Washington’s nuclear command structure vulnerable to attack.

What a major shift in strategic thought could mean for geopolitics.

China’s salami-slicing in the South China Sea is eroding U.S. credibility.

International students have pumped billions of dollars into the U.S. economy.

Trump guts the Biden administration’s most powerful foreign-policy advisory body.

Racists in the United States and Chinese nationalists share common ground.

Ongoing fears of student espionage are largely unfounded.

Countering Russia and China in the Arctic requires leveraging alliances, not fracturing them.

A giant firm and a superpower have become deeply entangled.

Autocracies around the world stand to gain.

Trump could have cornered China—instead, it’s the biggest winner of his attack on global trade.

Turning Taiwan into a porcupine will be essential for staving off a Chinese attack.

New Latin American lending raises more questions than answers.

Due to strategic myopia, New Delhi faces a potential crisis on another border.

The new America First Investment Policy upends any notion of long-term national interest.

Students are surprisingly indifferent toward Taiwan.

As of 2023, China continued to emit HFC-23 at high levels in violation of an international agreement.

Officials hope to boost domestic spending, but prospects are slim.

Growing Chinese and Russian activity urgently need a U.S. response.

Shipowners and sailors are recalculating routes daily.

But big questions remain about what happens next.

A softer communication approach may have helped the Geneva talks.

In a joint statement, the two sides took a step back from the cliff.

Emily Feng’s “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom” delves into identity in Xi’s China.

China doesn’t know what the U.S. wants—and maybe the U.S. doesn’t either.

A conflict over face is tangling up the trade war’s resolution.

What to make of the comparisons between Trump and Chairman Mao.

An export-driven model may no longer work.

The aircraft India and Pakistan use to strike each other tell a story of key geopolitical shifts.

A refined approach can keep democracy in the lead.

While U.S. military leaders fret about China, Trump has dismissed the Asia-Pacific.

The U.S. has been trying to keep its technological lead through export restrictions, but China is closing the gap.

President Lai Ching-te’s rhetoric increases the risk of war with China.

Ever-tightening restrictions are boosting Chinese firms.