China

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, who lead the world’s two largest economies and most powerful militaries, are meeting this week in Beijing. Discussions focus on trade, Taiwan and other global issues, including the situation in Iran. The old rules-based world order has been eroding for some time. In the past, this system […]

  When it comes to China’s role in the war in Iran, there are two diametrically opposed viewpoints. One view holds that China and Iran, with Russia and North Korea, form an “axis of evil,” and that it is only natural for China to assist Iran. There is even a view within the United States […]

  Over the past 25 years, the relationship between China and Latin America has undergone a dramatic shift. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, in 2000, China accounted for less than 2 percent of Latin America’s exports. Over the next eight years, trade grew at an annual rate of 31 percent. By 2021, bilateral […]

  During the post-Cold War period, unilateral sanctions were often used by the United States to impose economic costs on adversaries. These measures were also meant to influence and shape the foreign or domestic policy behavior of weaker states to reinforce Washington’s unipolar status. However, since 2022, and arguably even earlier, unilateral sanctions regimes began […]

  On September 30, 2025, Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley – having just returned from China – warned that if the American automaker loses the competitive battle with its fast-growing Asian rival, it stands to lose everything. This is because China’s automotive technology has achieved comprehensive superiority while automated factories operating without humans have […]