At this stage, there is no telling how bad the COVID-19 epidemic will become before the contagion subsides or an effective, widely available vaccine is rolled out.
detailsAmid much discussion of the challenges facing the Chinese economy, the line-up of usual suspects typically excludes the most worrying scenario of all
detailsTo many in China, this years Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences seems to have shone a spotlight on one area of development economics at the expense of another. While randomized controlled trials might be useful for creating or improving welfare pro
detailsConcentration camps, surveillance, and spies keep the community under tight control.
detailsBy broadening the nexus between economic interest and national security, Trump is encouraging the decoupling of the worlds two largest economies and the emergence of a bipolar world order led by rival hegemons.
detailsBaghdad has forged a 20-year deal to supply Beijing with oil in exchange for Chinese investments in projects to repair Iraqs war-damaged infrastructure.
detailsIt has become common for people to refer to the 21st Century as the Chinese Century, much as many called the 20th Century as the American Century.
detailsLike the twentieth-century Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the new rivalry between China and the West is a contest between fundamentally incompatible political systems.
detailsSaudi attitudes towards the plight of thousands of illegal Rohingya in the kingdom fleeing persecution in Myanmar and squalid Bangladeshi refugee camps help explain Saudi support
detailsHistory suggests that a global superpower in relative decline should aim for a soft landing, so that it still has a comfortable place in the world once its dominance fades. By contrast, US President Donald Trumps incoherent, confrontational approach towar
detailsThroughout history certain metals have been critical for defense. During the Greek era, it was bronze. During the Roman Empire, it was iron. In the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, it was copper.
detailssmartphones manufactured by the Chinese company will lose access to Googles Android operating system, when the U.S. tech giant launches the next version of the software later this year.
detailsPakistan fears two things more than war with India: pressure from Washington and indifference from Beijing...
detailsNational security adviser John Bolton traveled to Israel this month to reassure jittery officials in Jerusalem that the Trump administration
detailsThe United States and China disagree on ownership of the South China Sea region
detailsFault lines in the Middle East have hardened because of Israel, Saudi and United Arab Emirates assertiveness, emboldened by both a US administration that is more partisan in its Middle East policy
detailsMany of the informants were killed in a systematic dismantling of the CIA’s spy network in China
detailsThe simplest explanation for Donald Trump’s new positions on everything from Syria to interest rates? Ignorance.
detailsDonald Trump’s administration is posturing for a stricter approach to China
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