The US has put high-level pressure on China to use its influence over Iran to end Houthi attacks on Western commercial shipping in the Red Sea…

China’s annual congressional sessions have recently concluded. They lasted just six days. While those who attend conferences may think that six days…

At the Davos World Economic Forum, Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced a 5.2% GDP growth rate. Global stock markets, reacting to the news, initially…

This year's World Economic Forum theme is “Rebuilding Trust”. Unlike past gatherings aimed at pushing the human frontier or engendering a new global…

Taiwan’s election is being hailed as an astounding success for liberal democracy. However, the Democratic Progressive Party’s victory in Taiwan is…

Hopes were high for 2023, post pandemic China’s year zero. But after the country sharply reversed its draconian zero-COVID policy in December 2022,…

The day following the Biden-Xi meeting, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dived as Asia’s worst-performing market. Over 4,200 stocks were in the red on the…

As President Xi Jinping heads to the Filoli estate in California for a meeting of two "equals," it’s impossible to ignore the fact that the economic…

That the Industrial Revolution first ignited in Scotland is the outcome of both insight and luck. It was America – with its abundant resources,…

Long embracing political non-interference as a core principle, China has deviated from the deeply entrenched foreign policy norm in the Israeli-Gaza…