Washington’s Silence in Asia Is a Gift to Beijing
As the world braces for U.S. President Donald Trump’s next foreign policy shock, a far quieter American defeat has been unfolding in Asia. Since the fall, the Trump administration has stood silent as China unleashed its fury on both Japan and Taiwan. The new administration has spent the past several months in a coordinated effort to curry favor with Chinese …
Beijing announced economic growth of 5% recently. The world's most research-intensive universities are almost all in China. According to Leiden University, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou is in first place. Western leaders are reorienting their China policy to find an answer to the double China.
Year into Trump 2.0, Western 'pivot to China' gains pace
Keir Starmer will visit China on Wednesday evening. Analysts and experts expect Beijing to expand its global political and economic influence. China's trade surplus reached a record $1.2 trillion in 2025, monthly forex inflows touched $100 billion, the largest ever, and global usage of China's currency, the yuan, has expanded. India and the European Union struck a long-delayed trade deal …
Zhang Youxia, the senior vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, and another senior official were put under investigation for "serious violations of discipline" on Saturday. President Xi Jinping has championed crackdowns on corruption since taking office more than a decade ago.
U.S. allies looking to China for deals as Trump threats them with tariffs
U.S. allies are looking to China for deals as Trump threatens them with tariffs. Some are going cap-in-hand to Asian superpowers China and India to diversify their trade ties away from the U.S., as Trump's tariffs and rhetoric have spurred them.
Daisy Cooper criticises the British PM for going to China to ask for a trade deal on the promise of a super-embassy from which the Chinese regime will continue to spy on the UK. Jimmy Lai is still being held captive in China and there are still pro-democracy protesters on the streets of Britain.
Starmer arrives in China to defend ‘pragmatic’ partnership
Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. It is the first visit to China by a UK PM since 2018 and follows a string of Western leaders courting Beijing in recent weeks. Starmer will meet with Xi for lunch on Thursday, followed by a meeting with Premier Li Qiang. He is also expected …
The UK is trying to balance business and security. China remains a threat to national security. There are also continuing threats to Chinese nationals who've fled the country and have tried to make the UK a haven and their home. The UK is worried about spying and intellectual property theft.
Xi Jinping has dismissed two of China’s most senior generals. What does this mean?
Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were removed from office and placed under investigation for serious disciplinary violations. Zhang was the People's Liberation Army's most senior general since October 2022. He was the highest ranking military member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China (CCP). Liu was the former commander of the PLA's Ground Force and most recently was …
VW's sales in China have fallen by a third from their peak in 2019 to 2.6 million vehicles. 30 new models are scheduled to go on sale in China this year and next, all of them electric vehicles, hybrids or combustion engines with range extenders. The division of labor between the joint ventures with the long-standing partners SAIC and FAW …