China

The superpower of seafood dominates more than just the high seas

As a result, Russia and China will be pushed closer together

A nation under threat defeated Chinese interference in their poll – so what lessons can the US and UK learn from them?

With China's economy in trouble, Xi has taken to wooing Europe

As Britain sanctions Chinese cyberattackers, Europe starts to break with Xi’s pet funding project

We allow Russia and China far greater access into our media ecosystems than we can gain into theirs, which gives them a huge asymmetric advantage

Soon, China’s politics will give way to economics and its debt crisis will inevitably entail pain for consumers

It will be a year of political upheaval and war. If leaders can’t navigate a changing world order, the results could be disastrous

Our credibility is gone at a time when tough talking to Xi should be our strategy

China is the world leader in solar energy, but its status as a likely economic superpower is now in jeopardy

Has Beijing learned the lessons of Putin’s failed invasion of Ukraine, and Prigozhin’s failed revolution?

China is trying to re-shape globalisation to its own ends. What does Beijing want – and what does it need?

Joining the CPTPP trading bloc will contribute less than 0.1 per cent to GDP. But there is a point to membership

Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia makes clear: China is now only prepared to live with the west on its own terms

Xi and Putin thought they could shatter the post-1945 world. They were wrong

The forecast population decline in China could spell the end of its dream of power and prosperity

People may want someone or something to blame for Covid. But we have to get used to the idea of just living with it

For Beijing’s leaders, globalisation is no longer an opportunity but a weapon

Xi Jinping has made himself president for life. Yet he may be about to lead his nation into catastrophe

Germany and France have spent decades falling out and making up. But new isolationism in Berlin and decline in Paris make their latest feud serious

Despite its vast size, China insists on having only one time zone. It shows the same rigid approach to language

Chinese military drills around Taiwan raised tensions and rattled nerves around the world. But would they really invade?

In spite of human rights and its ongoing threat to Taiwan, Brexit and concerns over the union could soon force us to align with the communist state

Emissions and temperatures continue to rise, leading to increasingly radical research into limiting climate change. But are they safe?

We dropped the ball spectacularly on Russia. On China, and other human rights and international law abusers, we must not do the same

With China's demand for seafood expected to triple by 2030, its fishing vessels have begun encroaching on Australia's neighbours to satisfy this hunger

Xi Jinping once called Vladimir Putin his best friend. But is their relationship cooling as he realises how much his country stands to lose over Ukraine?

The observation that military force has become less important in how nations wield power was more credible pre-invasion

Will hosting the Games help to liberalise China? Or is this a shameful moment of appeasement for a brutal dictatorship subjugating the Uyghur population and ‘disappearing’ internal dissidents?

In an extract from his new book, Freedom: How we lose it and how we fight back, Hong Kong dissident NATHAN LAW, once jailed by the regime, warns of Beijing’s tightening grip on culture.

Ahead of the COP26 conference, one reader has a suggestion for Boris Johnson's government to help Britain tackle climate change.

Richard Hamilton eschewed the knockabout nature of other purveyors of Pop Art, says Richard Holledge, but his work packed just as much of a punch. Pop! Whaam! Blam. Exclamation marks!!! Technicolour explosions. That’s Pop Art for you. The comic book whizz-bangs of Roy Lichtenstein and a group of post-war artists typified the 1960s for many – […]