BRICS Without Xi: A Power Shift or a Strategic Pause?
BRICS Without Xi: A Power Shift or a Strategic Pause? For over a decade, Xi Jinping’s presence at BRICS summits…
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104 Years of Power: How China’s Communist Party Is Reinventing Its Legacy for the Future
104 Years On, the CPC Is Still Writing China’s Next Chapter On July 1st, 2025, the Communist Party of China…
From TikTok to RedNote: How China’s Beauty Wave is Transforming Western Trends
When the U.S. Supreme Court began mulling a TikTok ban in January, few could have predicted the sudden exodus it…
USS Nimitz Exits South China Sea Amid Cancelled Vietnam Reception, Signaling Regional Ripples
On Monday morning, the USS Nimitz—one of the United States Navy’s most formidable aircraft carriers—quietly exited the South China Sea,…
Close Calls over the Pacific: China’s Carrier Jets Test Japan’s Patience
Forty-five metres. That was all that separated a Chinese J-15 strike-fighter and a Japanese P-3C patrol plane as they roared…
China’s Drone Doctrine: How the PLA Plans to Win the Age of Intelligent Warfare
China’s Drone Doctrine: The People’s Liberation Army has signalled a striking pivot in its strategic playbook. In a freshly published…
Troops, Curfews, and the California Showdown: Newsom vs Trump
Troops, Curfews, and the California Showdown: Downtown Los Angeles wore an uneasy stillness last night. Armoured Humvees idled beneath the…
Beijing’s Magnet Diplomacy: JL Mag’s Export Green Light Tests the US–China Trade Chill
Beijing’s Magnet Diplomacy: On Wednesday morning, stock traders in Shenzhen rubbed their eyes as JL Mag Rare-Earth Co. vaulted 12…
China’s Giant Piggy Bank: How a ¥10.9 Trillion Fund Became Beijing’s Plan B for the Property Rescue
China’s housing provident fund is hardly a household name outside the mainland, but its balance sheet reads like a sovereign…
London’s High-Stakes Handshake: Can Day-Two Diplomacy Defuse the U.S.–China Trade Standoff?
London’s stately Lancaster House is the unlikely centre of gravity for the world economy this week, as American and Chinese…
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