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Millions of party members are learning the finer points of Xi Jinping Thought to advance China’s ‘great rejuvenation’.

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world. 

Xi Jinping’s aggressive stance and ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacy drive the Philippines and other vulnerable countries into Washington’s arms

An interview with Joseph Torigian, an Assistant Professor at the School of International Service at the American University, Washington D.C., where he talks about China’s course correction in world politics and international relations.

May Day should be a day to honor victims of an ideology that took tens of millions of lives. But we should also be open to alternative dates if they can attract broad enough support.

How China’s bureaucracy guides its leaders into error.

A “breakaway province”, a “government-in-exile”, a “separate nation” – Taiwan’s status has dominated discussions on China for decades.

In the 2023 federal budget, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government plans to earmark $13.5 million over five years for Public Safety Canada to establish a National Counter-Foreign Interference Office aimed at cracking down on foreign interference, threats and covert activities.

Ever since Communist China and Taiwan broke away from each other at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the waterway separating them has been a geopolitical flashpoint. The Taiwan Strait, just 130 kilometers (80 miles) wide at its narrowest point, is a major international shipping channel and…