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Just five weeks after securing a precedent-breaking third term as China’s leader, Xi Jinping is facing the biggest wave of civil disobedience since he took power a decade ago, as thousands take to the streets in cities across China in protest of his stringent “COVID zero” restrictions. From Guangzhou...
Although the balance of power in the U.S. Congress is still up for grabs, the midterm results are unlikely to alter the general direction of Washington’s tough stance toward China. That said, what’s shaping up to be a Republican-led House of Representatives is likely to ramp up the pressure on U.S. President Joe Biden to double down on...
The third in a three-part series: Taiwan in the Crosshairs examines how the island and its nearly 24 million people are holding up under pressure from Beijing’s stepped-up diplomatic and military intimidation campaign. China’s threat to absorb Taiwan — through possible military action if necessary — has sent nerves soaring in this city while sparking debate half a world away in Washington about the long-held policy of “strategic...
The second in a three-part series: Taiwan in the Crosshairs examines how the island and its nearly 24 million people are holding up under pressure from Beijing’s stepped-up diplomatic and military intimidation campaign...
Hulking white factory buildings tower over the plush vegetation lining the road that snakes through this city, a place long known as Taiwan’s “Silicon Valley,” but increasingly identified as ground zero in a widening new Cold War between the United States and China...
U.S. defense officials are looking to leverage Ukraine’s unexpected success in resisting Russia to dissuade China from a potential invasion of Taiwan. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters last week that Chinese leaders...
A Biden administration diplomatic push in the South Pacific is poised to mark a win in efforts to counter growing Chinese influence in the region. The State Department is close to renewing strategic partnership agreements with...
Despite China’s accelerated move to set foot in the Pacific islands region, the United States has an upper hand in the tilt at dominance by virtue of its “unique relationship” with Micronesian states...
The United States has been increasing its military activities in Palau in recent months amid rising tensions with China, according to Palau's top diplomat who is visiting the United States ahead of the first...