by Tony | Jun 13, 2026 | News
China closed out the week with a cluster of developments that matter well beyond Beijing. Relations with Europe look more strained, a giant state-backed data centre buildout is taking shape, tensions with the Philippines have sharpened again in the South China Sea,...
by Tony | Jun 8, 2026 | News
China opened the week with a cluster of developments that touch diplomacy, agriculture, trade policy, and energy. Taken together, they show a country trying to manage strategic pressure on several fronts at once. At the geopolitical level, Xi Jinping’s arrival in...