Those who know Beijing best are following Trump in agitating for confrontation

Heavy lending to Pakistan as part of the Belt and Road Initiative could backfire

The west ignores the alliance forming between Moscow and Beijing at its peril

The new face of cryptocurrencies is none other than online gambling kingpin Calvin Ayre

The North Korean leader has proved himself the cannier deal maker

Revisionist claims of early civilisation seek to boost nationalist aims

But he must be careful not to alienate potential allies in his tussle with Beijing

Making use of guanxi can be lucrative but is also fraught with danger

Just as Mao meeting was all about the Soviets, these talks will be all about China

Not all tycoons are equal in China, where capitalists face enduring suspicion

The country’s demographic decline comes in the wake of a housing boom

Wu Gan’s sentence legitimises him as a warrior for liberty in the face of a dictatorship

Absence of reform in China would scupper the success of the president’s campaign

Xi is quietly ramping up a Communist party department to expand Beijing’s soft power