China is beginning the week with a series of very different but deeply consequential pressures. Typhoon Dolphin has battered the eastern coast and disrupted major transport routes. Taiwan is preparing a record defence budget centred on drones and asymmetric warfare....
Four developments underline the extraordinary range of pressures and opportunities shaping China today: a deadly landslide near Chongqing, a sharper than expected economic slowdown, fresh allegations from Washington over the 2020 US election, and a notable shift in...
China opened the week with a heavy mix of disaster response, fiscal pressure, industrial tragedy, financial policy, and maritime friction. On one side, authorities were scrambling to manage the impact of a major storm system after nearly 2 million people were...
Photo by Winston Chen on Unsplash It has been a heavy news cycle, with pressure building across China’s economy, technology policy, trade diplomacy, and regional security environment. The latest developments point in the same broad direction. Beijing is trying...
Tuesday’s China developments point in one direction: pressure is building across several fronts at once. On the security side, Beijing carried out a rare submarine-launched ballistic missile test into the South Pacific, triggering criticism across the region and...
