Donald Trump speaks to a large crowd at a Keep America Great rally in 2020.
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Trump aims to garner support from white Americans by claiming he will defend them from the threat posed by people who are not perceived as ‘real’ Americans.
TikTok users worry about losing their social media platform, but First Amendment rights are on the line, too.
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The law forcing TikTok to be sold or banned is meant to protect Americans from Chinese government influence and privacy intrusions. But does it undermine a bedrock American principle?
US secretary of state Antony Blinken and China’s foreign minister Wang Yi in Beijing on April 26.
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China’s need for allies is driven by its worry about neighbouring North Korea and concern about western dominance.
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Southeast Asian leaders have made clear their priorities this week. Some want more focus on climate change than geopolitical competition.
A US navy ship on manoeuvres in international waters in the South China Sea.
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China has learned a lot from the Ukraine war that could help it prepare for a conflict with the west over Taiwan.
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The two superpowers – and super-emitters – recently put out a joint statement on climate change.
Henry Kissinger, whose death has just been announced.
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For every one of Kissinger’s brilliant moves, there was a bungling countermove.
Rolling out the red carpet for presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.
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It’s good to talk − just don’t expect it to result in a reset in relations between Beijing and Washington.
China’s president Xi Jinping is not due to attend the G20.
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China’s president Xi Jinping is testing out a “softer” foreign policy approach.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Government House, Brisbane, July 29, 2023.
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Australia’s decision to manufacture US missiles highlights tensions between our foreign policy stance and our trading interests. Two new books throw light the problem.
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When is a dictatorship not a dictatorship? When you’re a New Zealand prime minister and you’re due to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, that’s when.
Lula and Modi walking a new diplomatic path.
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Brazil and India are among the countries pointedly not taking sides over the war in Ukraine. But this is not the nonaligned movement of yesteryear.
The USS Chung-Hoon observes a Chinese navy ship cross into its path.
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What was behind the latest encounter between US and Chinese military vessels in contested waters?
An Australian warship is seen off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 2018.
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Papua New Guinea’s relative proximity to both China and Australia could give the US a military advantage in the Pacific region.
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The recent Iran-Saudi Arabia diplomatic truce brokered by Beijing heightens expectations of Xi’s visit. But the Ukraine case is vastly different.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and then U.S Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands in Beijing on December 4, 2013.
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There are fears that escalating US-Chinese tensions could threaten the independence of African and other nonaligned nations.
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.
The Chinese spy balloon flies over Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Feb. 4, 2023.
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Espionage routinely plays out between countries like the US and China. But a public spectacle like the Chinese spy balloon can change the game.