Global Times Meeting: Bridging the Global South and Gauging China’s Mideast Views
The 2026 Global Times Annual Conference focused on strengthening China's role as a “predictable power” in a turbulent world. Global Times polls played a...
Strategic Tensions and Talent Flows: China’s Reverse Brain Drain and UIBE’s Exit from Israel
The year 2025 witnessed a significant acceleration in what is known as “reverse brain drain” from the United States and Israel to China. Chinese...
Strategic Lessons from Kennedy-Macmillan for Japan-South Korea Ties
Periods of structural instability tend to expose the difference between formal alliances and functional strategic partnerships. In the early 1960s, at the height of...
Non-Intervention Is China’s Most Effective Export
Chinese diplomacy is increasingly emerging as a niche and even more as a pragmatic alternative to governments that have been finding themselves confined in...
China’s Challenge: Could It Pull Off a Venezuela-Style Strike Against Taiwan’s Leader?
Some Chinese online users are suggesting a quick takeover of Taiwan's leaders, similar to operations in Venezuela, but experts argue that China’s military is...
A ‘Venezuela-Style’ Strike on Taiwan’s Leader Would Be a High-Risk Gamble for China
Calls by some Chinese social media users for a lightning “Venezuela-style” seizure of Taiwan’s leadership have gained attention online, but analysts, scholars and security...
The Venezuelan Battleground: US regime change vs. Chinese economic cooperation
In the early hours of January 3, 2026, Venezuela’s President Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were dragged from their bedroom and transported to...
Support Without Guarantees of Survival: China and Russia’s Logic in Confronting the Fall of Allies
The arrest of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by the Donald Trump administration carried out through a cross-border operation and their transfer...
U.S. Action in Venezuela Risks Encouraging China’s Claims—Taiwan Still Not the Target
The attack by the U. S. on Venezuela is expected to give China a chance to criticize Washington and enhance its own global position,...
Xi Jinping’s New Year 2026 Address: Taiwan – Now or Never
The world enters 2026 amid numerous aspirations. Traditionally, national leaders deliver New Year addresses to convey a vision of national development and prosperity, thereby...