Asia Pacific Dec 2, 2022
Jiang Zemin death injects uncertainty for Xi at fraught time in China
Jiang’s death at the age of 96 comes days after people took to the streets to challenge virus curbs in China’s most widespread protests in decades.
World Apr 29, 2022
Alarmed by inaction over Russian aggression, Europe rethinks ties with China
Senior lawmakers in Berlin, who now concede that such closeness to Russia was a historic liability, are starting to see the danger of repeating the mistake with another authoritarian regime.
Asia Pacific Apr 15, 2022
Xi moves to stop Shanghai's COVID rage from sweeping across China
The lockdown in China’s main financial hub, now in its third week, has spawned some of the most anti-government criticism in years on social media.