China

As seen with Russia, the exclusion from the world monetary system seems to be a favorite choice of western countries to combat hostile powers. In the past months, US, UK and EU announced the removal…

Offers of political mediation between Russia and Ukraine have not stopped since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis in 2014 and the tragic events that followed, reaching their climax these days,…

In recent times, there has been significant geopolitical development. The US economic and political power is declining, but it's still the greatest power for the time being. Furthermore, for a while…

Calling the recent increasing tension between the United States and China a new Cold War has been in vogue among pundits. Considering the fact that the United States and China fiercely struggle with…

This is not the first time that Russia has seemingly timed an invasion to coincide with an Olympic Games in China: It invaded Georgia just as the 2008 Beijing Olympics were getting underway. In fact,…

Not since Joe Biden became President a year ago, have the Democrats and the Republicans declined to confront each other about a major issue – namely, the current issue of Ukraine. There have been no…

Days after quietly ringing in the Chinese New Year, Beijing is celebrating the Year of the Tiger on the Olympic stage. The tiger — a symbol of strength and good luck in Chinese folklore — was…

In mid-November 2021, around the time the Omicron variant was first discovered in South Africa, the Chinese government all but declared victory over COVID-19. For more than 20 months, the country’s…

Petra Vlhova was fastest Tuesday in the first run of the last World Cup giant slalom before the Beijing Olympics, and 2018 gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin was third. Vlhova made good use of the No…

I intended this column to focus on Elizabeth Economy’s important new book, "The World According to China," which describes Xi Jinping’s vision for China’s future dominance in the world. This book…