The strange scene of US President Donald Trump huddled knee to knee with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the anteroom […]
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China muscling in on US Egyptian ally
It’s a long way from China’s Great Wall to Egypt’s pyramids, but for the first time, Chinese and Egyptian warplanes […]
China’s new revolution of culture
China is promoting Chinese culture domestically against Western influence, which could be a tangible sign that the country is preparing […]
Welcome to the cyberpunk future
The years of my youth must have been such a disappointment for sci-fi fans of my parents’ generation. They were […]
US missiles fall short in long-range game with China
The US is arming up for a Pacific missile race but China may already be playing on a larger board. […]
50 years on, Vietnam War’s ecocide still not healed
When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast […]
Polls show Japan, Taiwan fast losing faith in Trump
A recent public opinion poll taken by Japan’s left-leaning Asahi Shimbun newspaper indicates that US President Donald Trump’s excessive tariffs, […]
With Trump’s push, China changing its relations with the world
China has spent much of the past two months shoring up friendships both near and far. Two rounds of ministerial […]
The waning deterrence of America’s nuclear arsenal
As costs soar and rivals surge ahead, the US nuclear arsenal stands at a crossroads between urgent modernization and strategic […]
Trump pushing China toward AI processor self-sufficiency
China’s stockpile of Nvidia H20 artificial intelligence (AI) processors is likely to run out in about a year now that […]