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A cross-strait conflict would involve tremendous human suffering – and major difficulties in providing humanitarian aid.

The Chinese-led bank’s governance model emphasizes rapid and flexible infrastructure financing, making it easier for clients to dodge higher rule-based standards.

While Chinese analysts – and likely the government – recognize the weaknesses of the Putin regime, Beijing is unlikely to fundamentally reassess its alignment with Moscow in the near term.

Chinese Overseas Police Service Stations are known to be present in Israel and the UAE. However, their specific locations, functions, and extent are shrouded in secrecy.

Labor strikes are rising in China as weak demand sees factories shutter and workers’ pay cut.

The two gulf states' growing diplomatic and economic outreach to the region is beginning to develop a competitive dynamic.

The weather-related struggles faced by informal workers of India are intimately linked to the debt crisis that has long been brewing in the countryside.

An increasing number of politically-motivated films are mobilizing Indian voters, especially the youth, toward voting for the BJP.

Upcoming local elections in the BARMM, an autonomous region in the southern Philippines, will have implications for the 2025 Bangsamoro parliamentary election and the region's future stability.

U.S. strategists have long hypothesized that the weapon could play a major role in a war with China. Now Beijing is watching how it is being used by Ukraine's military.

The prospect of Islamist organizations toppling the state remains remote. But the real threat is the violence and destruction they might perpetrate in the process.

Last month, 11 Acehnese villagers reached a confidential financial settlement with the U.S. oil giant, after accusing it of abuses including rape and torture.