List of East Asia articles
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on Micron's plan to invest in chips manufacturing. Biden Short-Circuits China
The latest U.S. moves undermine China’s ability to import, manufacture, and export the semiconductors that run the world.
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Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh addresses the United Nations. Mongolia Is Keen to Distance Itself From Moscow and Beijing
Internationalism is key to Ulaanbaatar’s strategy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the start of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, on May 15, 2017. How Putin and Xi Are Trying to Break Global Human Rights
In their own way, Russia and China are threatening the world’s system for defending human rights.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meet. Europe and America Are Moving Closer on China
Negative views of Beijing are growing—as is limited support for Taiwan.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at the Great Hall of the People. In China, It’s One Man, One Ideology, One Party
Xi Jinping’s unified vision is taking the country into a dead end.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a podium. China Has Entered ‘Maximum Xi’
Three experts offer takeaways from the 20th Party Congress.
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People line up for a nucleic acid test in Beijing. Young Chinese Are Despairing of a Zero-COVID Future
Draconian policies leave little economic or political hope.
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Hu Jintao reaches down to touch Xi Jinping's shoulder as Hu is escorted from the hall. The Hu Jintao Drama Reveals Beijing’s Fundamental Flaw
Leninist systems, it turns out, are inherently unstable.
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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping during a military parade on May 9, 2015 in Moscow. Russia’s Ukraine Disaster Exposes China’s Military Weakness
Beijing knows its own military has much in common with Moscow's ineffective force.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) looks on as former President Hu Jintao is escorted from the closing session of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 22. What the Heck Just Happened to Hu Jintao?
Xi Jinping’s predecessor was forcibly led away from the Party Congress.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 16. Xi’s Third Term Is a Gift in Disguise
With China’s leader, what you see is what you get. That’s good news for Western policymakers.
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Armed Chinese police stand guard at Tiananmen Square. Afghan Militants Have China in Their Crosshairs
New Islamic State rhetoric targets Chinese imperialism.
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nuclear-deterrance-us-korea-soviet-jfk-illustration-2022-HP The U.S. Will Trade Seattle for Seoul
Cold War archives reveal why South Korea doesn’t need its own nuclear weapons to deter the North.
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A collage of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the CCP Party Congress, and academia and industry. Who Are Xi’s Enemies?
As he consolidates power, China’s leader faces a wide but hapless opposition.
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A man rests in front of a poster of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Shenzhen, China. The 1980s Are Buried but Not Dead in China
A new history explores an intense period of hope, reform, and death.
