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US-China relations

Opinion | Low-hanging fruit for Xi and Trump to pluck at Shenzhen Apec summit

The meeting between the two leaders this month is an opportunity to firm up initiatives that promote ‘constructive strategic stability’.

Artificial intelligence

Opinion | In US or China, firms need AI they can independently verify and trust

Diplomacy

Opinion | How China and Asean are building a stronger strategic partnership

China-Africa relations

Opinion | China’s new industrial strategy in Africa has global implications

The shift in economic geography from mining to manufacturing is especially evident in East Africa’s Kenya and Tanzania.

A student walks through a pop-up market during Chinese New Year celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya, on February 8. Photo: AFP
A student walks through a pop-up market during Chinese New Year celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya, on February 8. Photo: AFP
China’s Communist Party

Opinion | China’s focus on getting its house in order offers lessons in governance

China’s system lacks Western-style institutional safeguards but its commitment to internal reform and self-correction shouldn’t be dismissed.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

My Take | Taiwan doth complain too much about Beijing

Despite being invited to join the Apec leaders’ summit in Shenzhen, Taipei says the mainland has breached protocol.

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China-EU relations

Opinion | China-Swiss trade partnership offers a model amid fraught EU ties

The China-Switzerland free-trade upgrade is a practical rebuttal to the trends of unilateralism and protectionism.

Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao with Swiss President Guy Parmelin in Bern on August 20, where they concluded negotiations for a free-trade upgrade deal. Photo: Mofcom
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao with Swiss President Guy Parmelin in Bern on August 20, where they concluded negotiations for a free-trade upgrade deal. Photo: Mofcom
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | From filmmaking to maths, AI tide is rising faster than official responses

Before deciding how to respond to developments in artificial intelligence, Beijing and Washington need a better sense of just how quickly the tide is rising.

Diplomacy

Opinion | Can China champion the Global South without speaking for it?

China’s challenge is to turn its economic relationships into constructive partnerships without expecting political loyalty in return.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Midterm swing won’t change trajectory of US-China rivalry

At its core, this isn’t about Democrats vs Republicans, national power or even AI. It’s really about how each institutionalises its capital.

Voters waiting to cast their ballots in the US midterm elections at El Tianguis Mercado in Guadalupe, Arizona, on November 3. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Opinion | Chances are, US-China truce will be extended at Shenzhen Apec summit

The relationship between the US and Chinese leaders will be critical to consolidating the detente and developing cooperation on key issues.

Illustration: Mario Cameira
Illustration: Mario Cameira
US-China tech war

Opinion | 4 reasons Washington doesn’t want Chinese labs testing US-bound electronics

The FCC ban on Chinese testing labs exposes a strategic weakness: Beijing does not control whether its test results are accepted by a major export market.

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China’s military

Opinion | Understanding China’s October drills and the growing risk factor

Each Chinese move may be calibrated, but its neighbours seem to be reading their accumulation as a trend, which can encourage the cooperation Beijing objects to.

Diplomacy

Opinion | Don’t just see Mbappe and Sanrio episodes as Chinese nationalism run amok

The tendency to lump China with isolated revisionist states and label it the primary existential threat to the West is an impediment to rational diplomacy.

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A bus with an ad for an electrolyte drink featuring French football star Kylian Mbappe on a street in Shanghai on October 27. Mbappe was dropped by two major Chinese brands after a video circulated online in which he apparently joked about the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong. Photo: AFP
Diplomacy

Opinion | As US-Iran war shows, China’s influence can’t secure its line to Gulf oil

The conflict has made clear the limits of China’s efforts to cultivate commercial and diplomatic clout among its energy suppliers in the Middle East.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi shaking hands with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud before a family photo for the attendees of a meeting of foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim-majority nations at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on November 20, 2023. Photo: AFP
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi shaking hands with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud before a family photo for the attendees of a meeting of foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim-majority nations at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on November 20, 2023. Photo: AFP
China’s Communist Party

Opinion | Can China tame its war machine?

Outside attention has focused on the anti-corruption drive within the PLA. The purge of the military-industrial sector is just as striking.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | How Hong Kong can help China bring about a better world

China will continue to join hands with the global community to turn its governance blueprint into tangible results and a shared way forward.

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Chinese culture

Being Chinese | My generation is the first to see and hear China like never before

For generations, the name ‘Chinese’ travelled farther than most of the people it described. High-speed rail has changed all that.

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Migrant workers peep from the broken window of a train at Wuhan railway station, Hubei province in 2001. Flying is faster but the journey is an arc between two points. By train, distance remains tangible. Photo: Reuters
Migrant workers peep from the broken window of a train at Wuhan railway station, Hubei province in 2001. Flying is faster but the journey is an arc between two points. By train, distance remains tangible. Photo: Reuters
Australia

As I see it | The flaw in Australia’s ‘China threat’ thesis

Instead of adopting Washington’s security priorities, Canberra should leverage superpower rivalry to its own advantage, argues policy veteran John Edwards.

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Ukraine war

Opinion | A Xi-Trump-Putin summit in Shenzhen could kick-start peace in Ukraine

There will be no diplomatic masterstroke in Ukraine’s absence but serious consideration of a ceasefire can lay the groundwork for peace.

US-China relations

Opinion | Trump’s days of running US-China relations on personal ties are numbered

Democrats are poised to win the House, and perhaps the Senate too, in the midterm elections, undermining Trump’s power to fulfil his promises to Xi.

US President Donald Trump speaking to reporters during a tour of the South Lawn of the White House with Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 24. Photo: AP
US-China relations

Opinion | Xi-Trump summits must leave businesses with greater clarity, not less

The uncertainty that helps governments negotiate can leave firms unable to act, whether to commit money, change course or walk away.

Illustration: Mario Cameira
Illustration: Mario Cameira
China economy

Macroscope | China’s industrial strength keeps it from ‘turning Japanese’

Surging tech exports are fending off a Japan-style slump – yet that very success risks dulling the pressure to rebalance the economy.

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Chinese culture

Opinion | What China’s best new cultural spaces have in common: the light touch

The cultural venues emerging in China today are quieter, lighter and more deeply rooted than those of recent decades.

The Philippines

Opinion | Manila speaks with 2 voices on China

Conflicting statements from the Philippines’ diplomatic and security arms add uncertainty to an already fraught relationship with Beijing.

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Illustration: Mario Cameira
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