China pressing European countries to bar Taiwan politicians or face crossing a ‘red line’ | Taiwan

Chinese officials have been pushing “legal advice” on European countries, saying their own border laws require them to ban entry to Taiwanese politicians, according to more than half a dozen diplomats and... Read more »

Mindy Meng Wang on the ‘disorienting’ experience of her father’s funeral – and the Chinese cyber-opera it inspired | Sydney festival

When Mindy Meng Wang’s father died in 2015, the Melbourne-based musician found herself navigating grief while also organising his funeral in her home city in north-western China. It was to be an... Read more »

Greenland says it cannot accept US takeover ‘under any circumstances’ | Greenland

Greenland’s government has said it “cannot under any circumstances accept” Donald Trump’s desire to take control of Greenland, as Nato’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, said the organisation was working on ways to... Read more »

Carney heads to Beijing as Trump’s America First agenda forces Canada into trade rethink | Canada

During the final stretch of Canada’s spring election campaign, Mark Carney told a debate audience that China was the country’s “biggest geopolitical risk”. He pointed to its attempts to meddle in elections... Read more »

Underground church says leaders detained as China steps up crackdown | China

Leaders of a prominent underground church have been detained in south-west China, according to a church statement, the latest blow in what appears to be a sweeping crackdown on unregistered Christian groups... Read more »

Opinion | Trump Broke the World Order. Now What?

Adam Tooze The Energy Giants Face Off Dr. Tooze is a professor of history at Columbia University. In the early 1910s, Winston Churchill ordered the conversion of Britain’s giant fleet of dreadnought... Read more »

Freedom from China? The mine at the centre of Europe’s push for rare earth metals | Critical minerals

It is deep winter with temperatures dropping to -20C. The sun never rises above the horizon, instead bathing Sweden’s most northerly town of Kiruna in a blue crepuscular light, or “civil twilight”... Read more »

Most Notable Censored Articles and Essays (Part 2)

As 2025 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most... Read more »

CDT 2025 Year-End Roundup: Sensitive Words

As 2025 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most... Read more »

Morality, military might and a sense of mischief: key takeaways from Trump’s New York Times interview | Donald Trump

1. US is in Venezuela for the long haul When asked how long he would be “running Venezuela”, Trump said it would be “much longer” than a year. After Trump initially claimed... Read more »