Xi Jinping

The Chinese leader was the first foreign head to be greeted by a US president on the tarmac in over sixty years. That’s how desperate Trump is

‘Chinamaxxers’ love the dazzling cities and the incredible trains – but how much brutality are they willing to overlook?

Disruption has failed – and America looks diminished and declining

A thaw between Xi and Trump is worrying residents of the independent island

He is trying to absorb the Taiwanese computer chip industry into the US economy. If he does, it would give America one less reason to defend the island against China

If the president did betray Taiwan, other US-aligned countries in the region will start making other plans. And Trump might not like the new alliances that emerge

The current president is clueless on the world stage. But, if the Democrats ever get back into power, they won’t turn the US into an open, internationalist peacebroker. Their focus is their voters – it looks set to stay that way

Despite Trump’s enthusiasm, the president has returned home with little more than a hint that if he avoids displeasing Xi, it could turn into something more substantial

It’s the one lesson that power-mad authoritarians always forget – and nowhere embodies that truth more than Afghanistan

In a multi-polar world, the big powerful states get to carve up the world as they see fit. In that scenario, it’s countries like mine that will end up on the chopping block

While Britain struggles to open new factories, Beijing is looking to a future of flying cars. How can Europe emulate what its rival intends, and do it better?

Decisions made in Beijing have caused immense suffering for the Chinese people. It’s time to understand the mistakes of the past, or risk falling into ignorance

Philosophers have long debated the concept of immortality but now Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are concerned too