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China’s Disregard for Small State Agency Hampers Its Foreign Policy

On October 22, 2023, two separate collisions took place near Second Thomas Shoal, an underwater feature that an international tribunal in 2016 ruled

Denghua Zhang, Australian National University and Bernard Yegiora, Divine Word University China has been steadily increasing its footprint in the

Shaun Narine, St. Thomas University (Canada) The western world’s support for Israel as it attacks Gaza has provoked fury across the Arab world and

Tao Zhang, Nottingham Trent University A new film series produced in China, When Marx Met Confucius, was viewed more than 8 million times in the

China’s red carpet treatment for “handsome boy” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese offered an intriguing blueprint for Beijing’s shifting

On November 2, 2023, in a Manhattan federal court, a gentleman named Samuel Bankman-Fried was convicted on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy

Henryk Szadziewski, University of Hawaii and Graeme Smith, Australian National University Just before the second summit between the U.S. and the

China’s economic growth “miracle” has begun to be overshadowed by an evolving fiscal challenge. The depletion of local governments’ credit capacity

The idea of “AUKUS Plus” has reemerged after the U.K. Foreign Affairs Committee issued a 2023 report saying the United Kingdom should extend

In the land where even the censors deplore censorship, Chinese New Year’s Eve will no longer be a holiday in 2024, setting off rumors that the

Last month, U.S. and Chinese officials met on the sidelines of the International Astronautical Congress and talked about coordinating space traffic

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu (李家超) has promised more security legislation for 2024 in his annual policy address, decrying “anti-China