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China’s Infrastructure Loans Raise Fears of Sovereignty Loss
Whether Chinese infrastructure loans constitute a “debt trap” threatening the sovereignty of host countries is a highly contested and controversial issue, the subject of...
The Dragon’s Dilemma: China’s Strategic Playbook for a U.S.-Iran War
China categorically rejects the joint US-Israeli military threats of a potential strike against Iran. Current Chinese support for Iran (as of early 2026) revolves...
Shoigu: Russia Stands with China on Taiwan
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu informed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that Russia continues to support China regarding Taiwan, as reported by TASS....
China Eyes Turkey’s Ethnic Outreach Warily as Ankara Courts Lebanese Turkmens
China adopts a reserved and cautious stance towards Turkish policies that rely on “ethnic ties,” or what is known as “Turkish nationalism,” to extend...
Reverse Brain Drain: How China Is Recruiting the World’s Talents
China's talent program is a comprehensive Chinese government strategy to attract foreign and expatriate scientists, researchers, and experts, particularly in the fields of science...
How China Courts the Global South to Counter U.S. Alliances
China's strategy to counter Western alliances, such as: (Aukus, Quad, comprising: the United States, Japan, Australia, and India”, and NATO), relies on a combination...
The New Colonialism: Energy, Minerals, and the Return of Resource Empire
Introduction
Contrary to popular belief, colonialism did not end with the mid-century independence wave. Instead, it took on novel (‘neo’) and more subtle disguises such...
What Would Okamoto Say? Advice for Prime Minister Takaichi on Japan’s China Crisis
Yukio Okamoto died in April 2020, before he could witness Japan's most serious diplomatic crisis with China in decades. But had the veteran diplomat,...
China’s Maritime Shield: Naval Power and the Defense of the Belt and Road
The proposed Ben Gurion Canal (connecting the Israeli port of Eilat to Mediterranean ports) poses a challenge to China's Belt and Road Initiative. Therefore,...
Trump Warns Britain on China as Starmer Pushes Economic Reset
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to China marks a deliberate recalibration of British foreign economic policy at a moment of heightened systemic uncertainty in...