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'Sea change: Much of the world's economic GDP has moved to the Asia-Pacific region'

François Picard is pleased to welcome Rana Mitter, historian, author and ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. He discusses the significance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as it pertains to the evolution of a changing international system, this as the bloc holds a summit…

France 24 · Sep 1

Xi-Trump summit: Trade, Taiwan and Russia still top agenda for China and US presidents – 6 years after last meeting

Six years have passed since presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump last met, but the substance of discussions remains largely the same. Back in 2019, trade and Taiwan also rode high on the agenda.

The Conversation · Oct 28, 2025

China's military parade is a show of strength from a country devastated in World War II

Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, recalls the modest military presence at the founding of communist China in 1949

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

Will Xi and Biden mend US-China relations at the APEC summit?

Xi aims to revive investments in sluggish Chinese economy while Biden looks to keep temperatures ‘low’ in Asia-Pacific.

Al Jazeera · Nov 15, 2023

China’s graduates unconvinced by calls to toil in countryside

Amid record youth unemployment, the government wants young people to ‘go to the farmland’ – but the prospect is unappealing for many

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2023

From Beijing to London, Blinken pushes for Ukraine peace deal and recovery

America's top diplomat heads from China to the U.K. where Ukraine's post-war recovery tops the agenda

WEKU · Jun 20, 2023

China and US conflict would cost lives and produce 'economic shock' larger than Ukraine war

It comes as Pentagon released near-miss footage on Monday showing a Chinese ship sharply cutting across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the US vessel to slow down

Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2023

Analysis: China's sway over Russia grows amid Ukraine fight

At one point during this week's Kremlin meetings, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladimir Putin that they were driving global changes unseen in more than a century

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

China's Xi Jinping flexes his diplomatic muscle with a visit to Moscow

Analysts say China's role as a mediator in the past suggests limits to what it may achieve when it comes to Ukraine.

WEKU · Mar 20, 2023

China Premier Li Keqiang bows out as Xi loyalists take reins

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is taking his final bow in a departure that marks a shift from the technocrats who have helped steer the world's second-biggest economy in favor of officials with unquestioned loyalty to President Xi Jinping

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023