FP Weekend

Beijing’s continued economic growth depends on a fragile balance of control and freedom.

Treats and treasures from around the world.

The idea of a cohesive West is fading, but a new book finds that the concept endures.

Even imagining a potential Chinese invasion of the island has become a political act.

Under Trump 2.0, a new book by policymaking heavyweights is an exercise in absurdity.

From medieval Europe to the Trump era, life really does imitate art.

Julia Ioffe’s new feminist history of Russia offers important lessons for the West.

Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” shows how we’re still catching our breath from “Breathless.”

Beijing finds itself in a precarious geopolitical position.

Netflix’s “Death by Lightning” is a reminder that heroic individuals can emerge in trying hours.

Plus, more international fiction releases.

Revisiting Pablo Larraín’s feature film about the advertising campaign that sent Pinochet packing.

Suspects are being held in the Louvre heist, but artifacts are still missing.

Sometimes, literature meets the moment better than diplomacy.

How Peter Magyar went from a former Fidesz insider to Hungary’s most popular politician.