On the evening ofJune 15, hundreds of Chinese and Indian troops clashed in theGalwan Valley, a remote part of the disputed border between the two countries. Twenty Indian soldiers and an unconfirmed…
In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, much of the world looked anxiously toWashingtonto see if it would provide the kind of leadership that was once expected ofthe United Statesduring major…
In January 2019, Dan Coats, then the U.S. director of national intelligence, warned the Senate Intelligence Committee that Cambodia’s “slide toward autocracy” could enable China to establish a…
Over the past few years, the United States’ approach toChinahas taken a hard-line turn, with the balance between cooperation and competition in theU.S.-Chinese relationship tilting sharply…
Everyday the news reports on faulty medical equipment coming from China. Spain received 650 thousand ventilators from China that didn’t work, while Turkey and the Netherlands also received thousands…
Let’s start with China, or specifically the Chinese authorities that accused Doctor Li Wenliang of spreading false information after he warned of a possible outbreak of coronavirus. The doctor later…
Iranian authorities ignored warnings by doctors in late December and January of an increasing number of patients with high fevers and lung infections in the historic city of Qom, which turned out to…
OnFebruary 4,Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador tothe United States, prepared to address an audience of students, scholars, and businesspeople inSan Diego, California. Before the ambassador could…
Inmid-November 2019, The New York Times published more than 400 pages of leaked internal documents from the authorities in theXinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, a province in northwesternChina. At…
The verdict is in onU.S.PresidentDonald Trump’strade war withChina. Regardless of whetherU.S.negotiators soon reach a deal withBeijing, the administration’s initial gambit has run aground…
Although an MOU will be officially signed on 19 June, there are already significant differences a decade later, despite the US aim being largely similar. Could Trump open Iran like Nixon opened China?
The official World Cup ball showcases the latest advances in football technology, but new research questions whether future designs should prioritise brain safety as well as performance
Football's biggest tournament has come to adopt a single soundtrack every four years to give each offering a distinct identity. Is this genuine culture, or a mass marketing technique?
Islamabad kept both sides talking even as missiles were being launched. That tenacity looks to have paid dividends in a way that could yet reshape the Middle East's power dynamics.