Amid US President Donald Trump’s threats of a tsunami of tariffs on three key emerging economies—Russia, India and China, the leaders of the troika–Chinese President Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi of India and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin– did enough damage during their assemblage in Tianjin to give the Trump administration sleepless nights.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held his second meeting with his US counterpart Marco Rubio in Kuala Lumpur on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Summit in early July.
As Trump temporarily suspends his on again, off again trade and tariff wars, China is preparing for long-term struggle. Prof. Zhang Weiwei and Prof. Huang Renwei think that time is on China's side.
In countering headwinds from the Trump administration, which has launched a fierce tariff war, China has decided to work on a bigger plan, which includes deepening its engagement with the Global South.
China has turned its trade war with the United States into a stepping stone for achieving its bigger dream--of becoming an unrivalled global power in the decades to come.
SHANGHAI - There could not be a more strategic place to spend these past Trump Tariff Tizzy (TTT) heady days than in Shanghai – China’s trade, commercial and cultural capital.
Professor Zhang Weiwei argues that American economy is more dependent on China than vice versa, because it has become increasingly hollowed out by neoliberalism and deindustrialization.
The stunning success of the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek has left the US-led tech universe shell shocked, fearful, and demoralised.
The direction in which China has every reason to develop is the Pacific, located south of China, and the stronger China’s strategic presence in this area, the stronger multipolar structure will be.
Reports about President Putin’s impending trip to Vietnam later this week drew fresh attention to this ASEAN member’s foreign policy after his plans elicited a sharp response from the US.
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