The way we talk about the U.S. and China rivalry could do with less sports-style commentary and more rounded analysis.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers plenary remarks at the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, June 3, 2023. Credit: U.S. Secretary of Defense via Flickr
Overheard in Washington D.C. last week:
OMG do you think they’ll see each other?
LOL. It’s going to be so awkward, bruh.
Facts. They haven’t talked in, like, years.
It was Prom season in the nation’s capital, so you’d be forgiven for thinking you had eavesdropped on the latest tea being spilled about some or another drama-filled, high-school romance. But you’d be mistaken, because international media and foreign policy commentators were approaching the d
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The recent conviction of Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s most famous dissident, on alleged national security offenses was the end of a process set in motion years ago by the Chinese Communist Party. Lai, who could have sought safety in another country, chose to stay and fight.
David Webb, who for years fought for fairer markets and better-run companies in Hong Kong, passed away on January 13, 2026. In tribute, we are resurfacing this article about his career, first published in May...
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In this season, longtime foreign correspondent for The New York Times Jane Perlez and celebrated China historian Rana Mitter cover Xi at the negotiating table, Gen Z disillusionment, China’s military rise, Pacific tensions, tech advances, and soft power.
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