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The United States is no longer competing against a single rival in a largely symbolic race.

The Prime Minister struck the agreement to reduce export tariffs on Scotch from 10% to 5% during his trip to China.

PM praised for not pressuring Xi over his ties with Putin on a trip seen as business ‘taking precedence over politics’

Chinese leader bestows a little largesse on the British PM while getting the green light for London ‘mega embassy’

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister, speaking in Beijing, did not rule out a future visit by the Chinese leader

The Government is seeking to strengthen relations with China, whose president’s last state visit to Britain was in 2015.

PM says trip to China has put relationship in stronger place, but possible return visit angers British critics

At least three-quarters of Americans believed China would eventually overtake the United States in global power and influence, highlighting growing public anxiety over the shifting balance between the world’s two largest economies, a national poll by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace showed.

Another national open and a first visit to China are the headlines from the release of the 2026 International Series schedule

NEW DELHI: What turns rivalry into war? History suggests it is rarely ideology or ambition alone. More often, it is fear, miscalculation and the inability of old systems to manage new power equations.

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