China’s leaders say that Biden offers a ‘new window of hope.’ Their experts are more skeptical.
Beijing is likely to seek short-term stability as it anticipates a long-term advantage
Putin’s arrest of opposition leader Alexei Navalny is a sign of weakness, not strength
Don’t expect mass street protests
In Hong Kong, dozens of arrests for pro-democracy activities will have a chilling effect
4 things to know about Hong Kong’s political future.
Biden will inherit Trump’s trade war with China. What do Americans really think about tariffs?
New research suggests that free trade may be far more popular than many politicians want to believe.
Jacinda Ardern’s pandemic leadership will probably win her a second term in New Zealand
But the next government won’t find it easy to balance relations with the U.S. and China.
The Trump administration sanctioned China for detaining 1 million Uighurs. Here’s what Americans think.
They approve of sanctions but don’t want a war
There’s more to Belarus’s ‘Telegram Revolution’ than a cellphone app
New surveys show protesters had to be creative to share information.
What the new ‘Mulan’ movie gets right about women in combat
Women can be bad guys, too.
The State Department says the Chinese Communist Party controls Chinese companies. It’s not that simple.
State-funded Chinese firms at times actually subvert Beijing’s interests.
The State Department labeled China’s Confucius programs a bad influence on U.S. students. What’s the story?
Concerns over the ideological threat of these programs may be overblown.