Xi Jinping

Beijing hopes its bid to position itself as a pillar of stability will be strengthened by missteps in the Iran war

The accelerationists of anarcho-capitalism want to bring their new conception of human nature to fruition. They have the means to do so, Carlos Fernández Liria explains in ‘Against the Dark Enlightenment’

The United States is tightening the negotiating rope, weakening Iran’s position and increasing Chinese pressure on the regime. But putting this into practice will not be easy

The Chinese and Spanish leaders made a show of unity in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where they met Tuesday to reinforce economic and diplomatic ties at a time of heightened tension with the US

Beijing aims to send astronauts to the Moon before 2030 and establish a base there in cooperation with Russia within the next decade. NASA, which has accelerated its lunar efforts with the Artemis program, considers it its ‘greatest competitor’

The railway line linking the Chinese capital and Pyongyang has reopened after being suspended for six years. Most passengers can only travel as far as the border between the two countries

The Strait of Hormuz, an essential waterway effectively closed by Tehran, has become the biggest obstacle for the US president to declare victory in the Middle East

The Kremlin is offloading its offshore oil reserves due to the Middle East crisis, but a sustained global recession would hit its economy hard

The international framework that took modest steps forward after the Cold War is collapsing under a fierce offensive from various sides

The situation in the Middle East is worrying members of parliament, which they acknowledge on the sidelines of the Asian giant’s major annual political gathering in Beijing

The Salvadoran president has accepted multimillion-dollar donations from China for flagship projects while strengthening his alliance with Washington

Ford’s CEO discussed with the president a framework for the arrival of these carmakers, which would involve the creation of joint ventures

The author of the 1991 bestseller ‘Wild Swans’ and a recent follow-up memoir discusses growing up under Mao, Chinese politics today, and whether Trump is pushing the West into Beijing’s arms

Given the official silence regarding the dismissal of the highest-ranking general, analysts and sinologists are searching for clues and signs to interpret the ‘great political storm’

The low birth rate is one of the greatest headaches for Beijing, which in just 10 years has moved from strict family-planning rules to incentives for having children

Beijing and Caracas strengthened their strategic partnership in 2023, but this does not entail security commitments

A classified version of Washington’s controversial National Security Strategy proposes creating a new forum of powers that would exclude the Old Continent

Various industry analysts estimate that the acquisitions made by the Asian giant are far greater than those officially declared

The Beijing-controlled megacity is courting international researchers with astronomical salaries and cutting-edge equipment. After its success story with trade and capital flows, it now wants to do the same with science and tech

Beijing is mobilizing its full diplomatic, investment, and technological capacity to consolidate its position of power against the United States

Beijing is betting on an ultra-high voltage transmission system to integrate its huge renewable energy production into an interconnected national grid

Since 2023, two defense ministers have been dismissed and 14 generals appointed by the Chinese president have been removed or have disappeared

The US president’s intention to resume tests, along with the Russian leader’s boasts about his atomic arsenal, heighten uncertainty with just four months to go before the last arms-limitation treaty expires

From foreign policy to the economy, immigration and civil rights, this is a look at how the US president’s conservative revolution has advanced in the year since his election victory

The announcement came immediately after the U.S. president’s meeting with Xi Jinping and is an apparent response to tests confirmed by Russia

The Republican described the meeting as ‘amazing,’ while the Chinese president called for avoiding a ‘vicious cycle of retaliation’