When it came, the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the United States last month was more pomp and pageantry than substance. That did not make it…
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In an essay posted on 12 September, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on the AI industry to “pace the frontier” of artificial intelligence, arguing…
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek this week, hailing a “golden period” in ties between the two Asian countries,…
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When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed in Hangzhou on 23 May, the choreography looked familiar enough: A Pakistani premier travels to…
There are two political clocks running in Beijing this week, and they are not synchronised. Chinese President Xi Jinping's is counting down to the…
Since the US and Israel waged war on Iran on 28 February, China has issued a cascade of diplomatic communiqués condemning the strikes, calling for a…
When the US and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on 28 February, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and crippling Tehran’s military…
As 2026 begins, China stands at a decade-long inflection point. Beijing’s leadership faces mounting pressure to demonstrate that its state-directed…
When China’s President Xi Jinping inaugurated Peru’s Chancay megaport in November 2024, he was doing far more than opening a Chinese offshore project…
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Trump mulls renewed strikes on the Houthis
