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Winter has a way of stripping systems down to their essentials. Pipes freeze. Power lines snap. Heaters become the most important appliance in the house

Chinese President Xi Jinping has had a busy few weeks receiving Western allies seeking warmer ties with the world's second-largest economy...

The article offers a timely and insightful look into China's ongoing 15th National Games, an event of Olympic scale and intensity that remains unique to China. The piece poses central questions: Why does China host such a massive domestic multi-sport event, a model rarely seen in other major nations? And why this sports event matter to international fans observing China's sports development?

Five Chinese research vessels quietly made their way through the northwest Pacific, their missions ranging from space and missile tracking to mapping the ocean floor. The timing wasn’t lost on observers: the U.S. had been ramping up its own military exercises in the region.

A new incident outside a primary school in Changde, southern China, has added to growing concerns about public safety following a series of violent attacks across the country. On Tuesday (November 19), an SUV driver ploughed into students and pedestrians as children were arriving for school, leaving several people injured though none with life-threatening wounds. […]

In Shanghai’s dimly lit pubs and Beijing’s buzzing bars, a new intellectual movement is brewing. Dubbed “academic pubs,” these informal gatherings are drawing China’s urban youth eager for open discussions on topics ranging from state-building to feminism and ancient Chinese art in a country where censorship has tightened the public sphere. At one such event […]

The world’s two most-populous nations, China and India, started opening to the global economy around the same time in the early 1990s. Both achieved rapid economic growth and lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, yet today, China’s per capita income, adjusted for purchasing power, is more than double India’s. What factors explain this divergence? […]

Major Chinese-owned solar factories in Vietnam are scaling back operations and laying off workers. This shift comes in response to the expansion of U.S. trade tariffs targeting Vietnam and three other Southeast Asian nations. According to a Reuters report, as these factories cut production, new Chinese-owned solar plants are rapidly emerging in neighboring Indonesia and […]

Chinese armed forces launched a new round of war games, completely surrounding Taiwan island,  on Monday (October 14). The military exercise was intended to “send a stern warning to Taiwan independence separatists”, said China’s Global Times, quoting a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) spokesman. PLA ground forces, as well as naval, air force and rocket force […]

Former Singapore diplomat Kishore Mahbubani says the United States has made a big mistake by launching a contest with China without a long-term, comprehensive strategy. Instead of obsessing over how to stop China from becoming the world’s leading power, Washington should consider how to adjust to such a scenario, he says in an interview with […]