Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa met Chairman Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang for a summit marking 50 years of diplomatic ties... Read more »
Burying the hatchet with Brussels, Donald Trump – flanked by the leader of the European Commission – hailed a bold new era of transatlantic relations, an ambitious economic pact, and declared: “This... Read more »
A controversy that has been brewing recently has completely taken over the Chinese internet over the past week, becoming the biggest public scandal on Chinese social media in 2025 so far. At... Read more »
Baseline or paused “reciprocal” rate MapSize by 2024 imports Since returning to office, President Trump has waged a global trade war without parallel in modern history. With steep and sometimes punishing tariffs... Read more »
An unprecedented attempt in Taiwan to unseat 24 “pro-China” opposition politicians and give a parliamentary majority to the ruling party has failed, with voters in every seat rejecting the notion. Polls opened... Read more »
Hong Kong’s national security police have issued arrest warrants for 19 activists based overseas, accusing them of subversion under a stringent national security law, marking the largest such tally yet. They are... Read more »
A controversy that has been brewing recently has completely taken over the Chinese internet over the past week, becoming the biggest public scandal on Chinese social media in 2025 so far. At... Read more »
By many accounts, China’s AI industry is closing the gap with the U.S. American export controls have supercharged Chinese domestic innovation, and Chinese AI chatbot models such as DeepSeek now equal or... Read more »
🔥 Quick Take: Trending in China – Week 18This is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this story also appears in... Read more »
Two incidents this month highlight the ways in which local governments’ action on public health and safety measures are often geared more toward shielding authorities from accountability or financial costs rather than... Read more »