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Xi’s Soybean Promise to Trump Is Brazil’s Quiet Election Issue
Two Sets of Numbers, One Week
On 22 September, two polls put Brazil's presidential runoff within the margin of error. Quaest had Senator Flávio Bolsonaro...
Why Is China Accusing Taiwan of Distorting World War Two History?
China has accused Taiwan’s government of distorting World War Two history, escalating a dispute over which side can claim the legacy of China’s wartime...
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....
Bridging Washington and Beijing: Why the Middle East Needs a Sino-American Coordinator
My previous suggestion to both the American and Chinese sides—as an internationally renowned Egyptian expert on Chinese politics and the policies of the ruling...
Xi Turned Taiwan Arms Sales Into a Subscription Service
The Money That Runs Out Today
At midnight tonight, $300 million that Congress appropriated as military financing for Taiwan expires unused. The State Department was...
Did Trump’s Xi Summit Give China More Than It Gave the US?
US President Donald Trump wanted his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington last week to demonstrate the strength of their personal relationship...
The Chip on the Table: How Taiwan Became a Line Item on the US-China Summit Calendar
The Washington summit agreed on very little. What it confirmed matters more: the terms of America's commitment to Taiwan are increasingly being set in...
US-China trade truce extended as both sides seek progress on tariffs and trade
China said on Monday that a two-month extension of its trade truce with the United States would give both sides more time to assess...
Taiwan deepens drone push as China pressure drives defence overhaul
Taiwan must deepen cooperation with democratic partners on drone development as unmanned systems become increasingly important to modern warfare, President Lai Ching-te said on...
China’s Spy Plane Over Tel Aviv: What It Could Reveal to Iran
The return flight of an advanced Chinese (Y-9LG electronic warfare) and reconnaissance aircraft has raised widespread questions and intelligence concerns in Israel, after it...