The port of Gwadar is once again the scene of protests against Chinese-funded infrastructure. Locals say they are not seeing any benefits and have to endure too many security checkpoints to get around their own town.
Jude Blanchette and Ryan Hass discuss their new essay in Foreign Affairs on why U.S. policy should be judged on whether it helps preserve peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Jeremy Wallace, associate professor at Cornell University, discusses how the Chinese Communist Party controls information by manipulating data, such as GDP statistics.
Two high-level exchanges between China and Australia have signaled a thaw in yearslong tensions. The Australian foreign minister says she also brought up human rights and the cases of two Australians detained on apparently trumped-up charges.
After the latest skirmish between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control, Delhi has responded to renewed Chinese activity with a military buildup and road construction on its side of the contested border.
The two deaths in Beijing are the first official fatalities China has reported since relaxing COVID zero, as a wave of cases strain its healthcare system and its economy. But no one believes that only two people have died from the virus.
Beijing spends billions on trying to influence the global conversation about China. Where does the money go, and is it working? I spoke to Sarah Cook, who has tracked media and internet freedom in China since 2007, about her latest report on the PRC’s attempts to shape the way we talk about China.
There's something happening in Afghanistan, but what it is ain't exactly clear.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed his “dissatisfaction” with China’s joint statement with Gulf states while meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhuan.