South Korea’s conservative president, Yoon Suk-yeol, is bolstering the alliance with America and embracing Japan despite Seoul's historic disputes with Tokyo. These moves aren't winning him friends in China.
Japan's government defines China as a "strategic challenge" to the international order. The countries clash over many issues, yet a senior Japanese politician has assured The China Project there’s still momentum for dialogue.
China wants to recalibrate its relationship with the countries of Europe, dealing with them separately from America. In the latest in the China’s World series, Duncan Bartlett considers how European leaders are responding to a charm offensive from Beijing.
Putin and Xi speak about mutually beneficial cooperation, but Beijing’s ties to Moscow fuel tension with the West.
Kim Jong-un regards Xi Jinping as Asia’s other supreme leader. But North Korea’s nuclear weapons pose as much of a threat to China as they do to countries like the U.S. and South Korea.