How the UK should engage with China
Following Keir Starmer’s recent visit to China, Steve Tsang offers his take on how the UK government should approach its relationship with Beijing.
1102, 2026
0402, 2026
Carney in Beijing: What Canada’s China Reset Means for Trade, EVs and Canola
Alexander Ayertey Odonkor comments on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s January 2026 visit to Beijing, signalling a pragmatic turn in Canada–China relations.
0402, 2026
What the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy Reveals About China’s Foreign-Policy Expert Ecosystem
Yaqi Li comments on how incentives, positioning, and “fast commentary” are reshaping China analysis.
1512, 2025
China’s Strides in Weaponising the Legacy Chips Supply Chain
China’s dominance in mature-node semiconductors was long dismissed as a secondary issue—until the Nexperia crisis forced Europe to confront just how much of its industrial base depends on Chinese legacy chips.
0912, 2025
How China Interprets the World’s Elections
China’s state media devoted unprecedented attention to the world’s 2024 elections, using them as a stage to question the universality of liberal democracy and promote its own results-based political model, writes Ratish Mehta.
2110, 2025
Local Opposition to Chinese Green Tech Investments in Slovakia
Dominika Remžová analyses two major Chinese investments in Slovakia – Volvo’s EV manufacturing plant in Valaliky and the Gotion InoBat Batteries’ (GIB) venture in Šurany.
1610, 2025
Rethinking Tianxia and Global Governance in 2025
At the 2025 SCO summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a “more just and equitable” world order. Yet China’s actions in the South China Sea reveal the paradox of Tianxia—an ancient ideal of harmony that can conceal hierarchy. Tang Meng Kit examines how this Confucian concept is reshaping, and testing, China’s global ambitions.
3007, 2025
How China Is Reshaping Africa’s Information and Media Landscape
China is reshaping Africa’s media and digital space through tech, state media, and narrative control. Daouda Cissé explores the growing influence.
0807, 2025
Central Asia Chessboard: India and China’s Diverging Strategies
As Russia’s influence in Central Asia wanes, India and China are stepping into the vacuum. Rahul Karan Reddy explores how institutional design, infrastructure diplomacy, and issue-based cooperation are shaping this emerging contest for influence.
2005, 2025
China is reshaping Central Asia’s energy sector
As Russian influence in Central Asia fades, China’s trade and investment in the region’s energy sector, particularly in Uzbekistan, has risen significantly, writes Lorena Lombardozzi.