India-China Row: After four years and multiple diplomatic and military talks to end the standoff since the India-China skirmishes began in 2020, Foreign Secretary Vikram […]
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Putin’s plan to defeat the dollar
Now in their 15th year together, the original BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have achieved little. Yet at this summit Mr Putin […]
When party propaganda falls flat
China’s Communist Party has an Astroturf problem. For a decade, the party has worked to revive grassroots networks that withered during the me-first, get-rich-quick years […]
China takes a step to curb anti-Japanese rhetoric online
It was an isolated incident, the government insists. On June 24th a Chinese man attacked a Japanese woman and her child at a bus stop […]
China’s rulers are surprised by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
Cynicism about American politics abounds in China. The shake-up in the presidential race since June illuminates the limitations of China’s understanding of its superpower rival. […]
Xi Jinping is subtler than Vladimir Putin—yet equally disruptive
Two years after Xi Jinping declared a “no limits” partnership with Vladimir Putin, and as the leaders meet again in Beijing on May 16th and […]
