China’s role in Soviet policy-making
Why should we want to read yet another book about the collapse of the Soviet empire? In To Run the World, Sergey Radchenko attempts an answer
Chinese Community Party
Wednesday
Thursday
Inside America’s stand against TikTok
Opposition to the bill has brought together a broad and unusual coalition
Thursday
Hungary has become China’s useful idiot
This week a security deal was announced that could see Chinese police on the streets of Hungary
Saturday
The thoughts of Chairman Xi – in digestible form
China will not become America 2.0 — not the world’s policeman so much as the world’s secret policeman
Wednesday
What would Trump's return mean for relations with China?
His reelection could prove a deterrent to further Western convergence on China policy. This would be a gift to Beijing
Saturday
‘This is a massacre of thoughts’: the exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei on his cancellation
The artist has been scathing about what he sees as western hypocrisy and double standards
Sunday
How China cornered the green market
Beijing is miles ahead in a tech race that western countries hadn’t quite realized was under way
Wednesday
Virology poses a far greater threat to the world than AI
Bad actors worldwide know how easy it would be to use it to bring the world economy to its knees
Thursday
Biden and Xi's meeting is a boost to the global economy
Xi may well have decided that a slow-motion Cold War with the US is not something he needs right now
Friday
Can Xi successfully stage manage Li Keqiang's legacy?
The government seems very alive to this possibility
Tuesday
Is Xi losing control of China's zero Covid protests?
It would take both a catastrophic economic collapse and splits in the leadership for the CCP to fall
Saturday
Cardinal Zen’s conviction shows that no one is safe in Hong Kong
Even a frail and saintly cleric who walks with the aid of a stick is not safe to endorse democracy. No one is
Saturday
We love you, Uncle Xi!
Three new books describe Xi Jinping’s ruthless cult of personality. None comes close to fathoming who he really is