‘Nothing is off the table’: World leaders react to Trump’s tariffs Analysts warn of price hikes and a potential recession in the US, where stock futures have dropped. Al Jazeera · Apr 3, 2025
What Will Be The Repercussions Of Biden's New China Tariffs? US President Joe Biden unveiled steep tariff hikes on Chinese green tech this week, hitting imports like electric vehicles, chips and solar cells -- and adding stress to US-China ties. International Business Times · May 16, 2024
Taiwan election: who are the candidates and what is at stake? Presidential vote will have far-reaching consequences and set tone for US-China relations The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024
Why is Xi Jinping missing the G20? China’s leader will not attend the meeting in Delhi, prompting speculation over tensions with India, pressing domestic issues and a tactical retreat The Guardian - AU · Sep 8, 2023
Small-Town Life Is the Anti-Twitter The era of the internet could use a little of the discipline, moderation, and tolerance imposed by a familiar, physical community. Reason · Aug 17, 2023
China COVID protests die down, but policy resentment remains Beijing flooded streets with police and security personnel while tweaking COVID response after rare nationwide protests. Al Jazeera · Nov 30, 2022
Rumours of zero-Covid easing spread in China amid anger at restrictions Despite relatively low case numbers, there are reportedly about 200 lockdowns across the country The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2022
All Xi’s men: Takeaways from China’s historic Communist Party Congress The 20th session of the Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing ended Sunday with Xi Jinping securing an unprecedented third presidential term. That was the set piece, arranged for maximum political ends. The real story though was the unscripted dramas – the men who rose and fell in the party’s… France 24 · Oct 23, 2022
Questions swirl after China's former leader Hu leaves event Questions abound after former Chinese President Hu Jintao was suddenly escorted offstage The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2022
What do US curbs on selling microchips to China mean for the global economy? Washington’s ban on hi-tech exports to China marks a huge gambit for economic supremacy for the next decades The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022
A Classic Biden Gaffe Complicates U.S. Role in Taiwan Will Xi Jinping just chalk up Biden's latest remarks as an accidental straying from "strategic ambiguity"? Reason · May 24, 2022