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With a collapsing real estate sector weighing on a stretched banking system, the economy is Xi’s vulnerability.

The last time world leaders got together for a climate summit, the backdrop was thoroughly menacing. A pandemic had decimated national budgets. Poor countries were up in arms over the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by the same wealthy nations whose fossil fuel consumption did most to warm the planet. Relations…

The EU officially regards China as a partner, an economic competitor as well as a systemic rival.

‘It’s not just what President Xi says, but it’s how the Chinese behave and what they do,’ the US official said

U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers landed in Guam this week in the long-range aircraft's second deployment to the island this year amid regional tension over Taiwan and the looming prospect of a new North Korean nuclear test.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will discuss North Korea's recent missile launches, China and tensions over Taiwan, in meetings with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo next week, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.

Addressing China's Communist Party's Congress on Sunday, President Xi Jinping told delegates at the twice-a-decade event to "Be mindful of dangers in the midst of peace. Get the house in good repair before rain comes, and prepare to undergo the major tests of winds and waves and even perilous, stormy…

Instead of living with this delusion, leaders should examine emerging market economies and try to emulate their success, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

Washington (AFP) - The US military must be ready to respond to a potential invasion of Taiwan as soon as this year, a senior admiral said Wednesday, signaling heightened alarm over Beijing's intentions towards the island.