American hopes for political reform in China faded years ago, and now hopes for economic liberalization are fading too.

The Albanese government’s ‘stabilised’ China policy faces the test of deepening ideological and strategic divides.

China now settles nearly a third of its $6.2 trillion trade in yuan instead of dollars — up from 20% in 2022. But economic ...

We unpack how CCP politics evolved from Deng-era collective leadership and rival factions to Xi Jinping’s centralized rule.

A new Rand report explores the prospect of China embracing the more flexible Western concept of mission command and what that ...

Driving the newsLast week in Beijing, China’s Communist Party gathered for its Fourth Plenum. The Plenum was held to outline ...

China’s grand strategy is defined by a deliberate balance between integration into the global economic system and resistance to its Western-led constraints. It employs strategic ambiguity and ...

China "absolutely will not" rule out using force over Taiwan, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, striking a much ...

This makes possible a virtuous circle. The more other countries invest cost-effectively in fossil-fuel-free growth, the better it is for Chinese industry. The success of the world’s second biggest ...

Together, these four points form the institutional code that has enabled China to turn long-term vision into sustained progress, balancing ambition with patience, and foresight with flexibility. The ...

President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s latest push to get the self-governing island to come under Chinese control under a ...

The term refers to a power whose military capabilities are approaching that of the dominant power. But for the US, seeing China this way comes with big risks.