China

The specter of insecurity in Afghanistan has been replaced by a lack of governance and widespread incompetence. Investors from China or any other country can be expected to be deeply wary.

China has refused to hold talks on fentanyl unless the U.S. lifts certain trade restrictions, but Xi did not reject immediately a recent entreaty to hold talks – an illustration of what counts as progress amid the China-U.S. chill.

Taiwan’s Communist Party has a miniscule influence on elections and public opinion in general, but tends to stage attention-getting demonstrations during polls or surrounding visits by foreign political figures.

The potential end of the U.S. National Zoo's panda era comes amid what veteran China-watchers say is a larger trend of deteriorating relations.

Amid worsening geopolitical dynamics and contested great power relations, even obvious good behavior needs to be spelled out clearly. 

The CCP's efforts to transform Xinjiang reflect the near- and long-term imperatives of settler colonialism.

Police believe the suspects are members of a telephone fraud and online love scam syndicate targeting mostly Chinese. 

BRICS eyes expansion, but without a coherent agenda. Meanwhile, rhetoric about respect for international law sours beside Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Marcos's order came after the United States expressed public concern over environmental damage from the projects and the involvement of a U.S.-blacklisted Chinese company.

Although China’s military has made big strides in a short period of time, it faces persistent challenges such as corruption that hinder both its ability to reform and its ability to effectively fight wars.

With Xi possibly visiting India for the G-20 Summit in September, some hope for a tempering of tensions. But that might just be wishful thinking. 

As Honiara denies its new security pact with China poses a threat to the Pacific, it would behoove the West to consider what it is the Solomons want and need from their partners.