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China’s rise has captivated and vexed the international community. From defense, technology, and the environment, to trade, academia, and human rights, much of what Beijing does now reverber...

In the 1950s, Mao Zedong described the relationship between China and North Korea as “as close as lips and teeth.” Over subsequent decades,...

On today’s episode, we’ll discuss the recent meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun, the first in a decad...

On February 28th, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on multiple sites in Iran, marking the beginning of a wider military conf...

President Donald Trump is expected to visit Beijing from March 31 to April 2 for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. It will mark the f...

The United States is once again considering military strikes to curb Iran’s nuclear activities and missile program. China has emerged as a p...

Today’s episode is the third in a series of three that examine the potential consequences for China if a military operation against Taiwan w...

Today’s episode is the second in a three-part series that examines the potential consequences for China if a military operation against Taiw...

Concern about the possibility of a Chinese attack against Taiwan has surged in recent years. Wargames and research studies have focused prim...

Although geographically distant from Chinese shores, Latin America and the Caribbean occupy an important place in Chinese foreign policy. In...

Tensions between China and Japan have spiked since November 7 when Japan’s newly elected prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said in the Japanes...

The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission has just released its 2025 annual report to Congress. The annual report’s analysis and...

On October 30, US President Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea. It was their first face-to-face meeting in 6 year...

From October 20-23, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party held its Fourth Plenum in Beijing, marking an important moment as t...

China’s ties with Southeast Asia states are increasingly consequential for regional stability and global geopolitics. Over the past two deca...

In mid-September, while many China watchers were focused on the Xiangshan Forum, the Chinese military’s annual high-level security and defen...

Since 1951, when Tibet was formally annexed into the People’s Republic of China, Tibet has been a battleground between China’s efforts to as...

The United States and China are locked in a race for dominance in artificial intelligence, including its applications and diffusion. America...

The United States and China wrapped up the third round of high-level trade negotiations earlier this week. American and Chinese negotiators...

South Korea and China have a complex relationship characterized by economic interdependence, strategic competition, and regional security co...

On June 13th, Israel launched attacks on several military and nuclear facilities in Iran, marking the beginning of a 12-day war between the...

In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. China has never condemned the invasion, and its government and media hav...

On April 22, 2025, gunmen in the town of Pahalgam, located in the disputed region of Kashmir, killed 26 people—mostly Indian tourists. A fou...

The United States and China reached a 90-day truce in the trade war when their representatives met in Geneva in early May. Both sides agreed...

Critical minerals are required for the manufacturing of electronics, aerospace equipment, medical devices, and renewable energy technologies...

This episode of the China Global podcast discusses evolving disputes between China and South Korea, specifically regarding their unresolved...

As China’s military capabilities expand, US-China frictions intensify, and regional tensions increase, concern is on the rise that a potenti...

The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of China’s Digital Silk Road, which has become an increasingly crucial component of Xi Jinping’s fl...

Nuclear weapons have changed the nature of modern warfare and exerted a profound impact on international politics. The Cold War logic of nuc...

In the past decade, China has ramped up its engagement in the Middle East, a region which is far from China geographically, but carries grow...

The Global South is a term that covers a broad swath of developing countries and emerging economies in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Ocea...

Space, once a distant destination, has become yet another battleground for great power competition. Since the early days of the People’s Rep...

When this episode goes live four days from now, Donald Trump will have been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, after havin...

In June 2020, Indian and Chinese forces engaged in a deadly clash along their disputed border in the Ladakh region. It was the deadliest con...

In China’s 14th Five-Year Plan that spans from 2021 to 2025, priority was assigned to development of emerging technologies that could be bot...

China’s push to revise the international security order entered a new phase with the launch of the Global Security Initiative ( GSI ) in Apr...

The BRICS+ summit was held in the Russian city of Kazan this past October. The original BRICS comprised four countries: Brazil, Russia, Indi...

China is the world’s largest energy consumer and carbon emitter, accounting for one-third of global CO2 emissions. One of its biggest source...

For many years, China’s nuclear doctrine was widely described as “minimum nuclear deterrence,” which essentially means that it relied on a l...

There are many writings by Western scholars on Chinese foreign as well as domestic policy. Yet few have ventured to analyze the internal int...

The Forum on China–Africa Cooperation, or FOCAC, was established in 2000 as a platform for facilitating multilateral cooperation between the...

New Caledonia is a French territory comprising dozens of islands in the South Pacific. It possesses 25% of world’s nickel resources, a miner...

Most observers of China’s relations with the world maintain that China’s foreign policy started becoming more assertive beginning in the 201...

The waters, as well as the rocks, reefs and submerged shoals of the South China Sea are a major source of friction in East Asia. In recent m...

Founded in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic, and security forum led by Russia and China....

Quantum computing uses quantum mechanics to perform fast and complex calculations. It is often defined as a disruptive technology and is amo...

On May 27th, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea concluded their Ninth Trilateral Summit in Seoul. Leaders of the three countries resume...

On May 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a two-day visit to China for his 43rd meeting with Xi Jinping. Based on public readout...

China’s rate of economic growth has slowed markedly in recent years. According to Chinese government statistics, the economy grew by 5.2% in...

In the past few weeks, China’s relations with Latin America and the Caribbean have been making headlines. Newsweek published an exclusive st...

The Biden administration maintains that China is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and the power to d...