China’s Rare Earth Lesson Is About Paperwork, Not Ore
China sold more rare earth magnets in September than in any other month this year, and it did so while every licensing rule it...
As rumors of Xi-Trump-Putin trilateral talks grow louder, China becomes more tight-lipped
Likelihood of a summit between the leaders of the United States, China, and Russia at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to be held...
Beyond Modern Warfare 4: Why North Korea May Not Need to Invade Seoul to Win
The recently released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 depicts North Korea’s destructive invasion of South Korea, featuring the collapse of defensive positions, urban...
The Shenzhen Auction: What a Trump–Xi–Putin Summit Would Cost the Allies Who Aren’t Invited
"First Comes November, Then Comes December"
On Sunday, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Moscow, Beijing and Washington had agreed "in principle" to a leaders' meeting...
Egypt’s 2026 Forum: Parallels With Beijing’s Model of People’s Democracy and Political Consultation
The launch of the “Egypt 2026 Forum” in the New Administrative Capital (from October 19 to 24, 2026) has garnered significant attention from Chinese...
Beijing Already Wrote the Terms for a Thaw with Tokyo
When Sanae Takaichi called China “an important neighbor” in her October 5 policy address, the line had to compete with a consumption tax cut...
Easing Sino-Japanese Relations? Japan Is Being Overly Optimistic
In November, China will host the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, drawing attention to Sino-Japanese relations. Compared to China, Japan appears more optimistic, viewing the...
Why Chinese Studies in Egypt and the Middle East Matter to the Global South
Chinese Studies (Sinology) has undergone a radical transformation in recent years, no longer limited to the study of history and classical language but evolving...
China Isn’t Building a New World Order. It’s Building a Majority in the Old One
Stalling Clubs, Growing Caucus
In mid-September Xi Jinping made his first visit to India in seven years for the BRICS summit in New Delhi. The...
Xi’s Purge of the PLA Makes a Taiwan War Less Likely in 2027, but a Crisis Harder to Manage
Two Men at the Top, Two Ships in the Spratlys
Today China marks National Day with the smallest military high command in its modern history....