In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, a Taiwanese guided missile destroyer, left, monitors a Chinese guided missile destroyer right, near Taiwan in May 2024 during the inauguration of Taiwan’s newly elected president.
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The latest war games by China near Taiwan are just another reminder of the various ways Chinese authorities try to undermine liberal democracies and international peace and security.
China’s president Xi Jinping is testing out a “softer” foreign policy approach.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin toast during their dinner at the Kremlin in Moscow in March 2023.
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The spectacle of two UN Security Council members — China and Russia — allegedly perpetrating mass atrocity crimes is deeply troubling. Here’s how the international community must step up.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing in July 2023.
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Foreign policy experts are divided on whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it more or less likely that China will launch a similar attack on Taiwan. Here are the arguments on both sides.
Too few children means China needs to look outside the country for new blood.
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Joseph Torigian, American University School of International Service
China has provided Russia with economic support during the war in Ukraine. But Beijing may be concerned over recent events in Moscow.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins government officials from the U.S. and China during a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023.
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The setting was grand, so too was the plan. But behind the peace plan put forward by China and welcomed by Russia, is the question, what do both nations seek?
The recent Iran-Saudi Arabia diplomatic truce brokered by Beijing heightens expectations of Xi’s visit. But the Ukraine case is vastly different.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, met with his then-Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in March 2022 in Huangshan.
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China and Russia’s relationship is complex. But China’s decision to support Russia’s war on Ukraine could ultimately come down to China’s own political interests.