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Shannon TiezziThe Diplomat |
There was a lot of grand talk about stabilizing the relationship, and few deliverables.
“Xi Jinping himself – ideologically and politically – was committed to a form of totalitarian rule. And he was skillful enough, ruthless enough...
Several trade restrictions were rolled back, but only temporarily.
A month after launching his “Global Governance Initiative,” Xi Jinping broke with tradition by skipping the 80th U.N. General Assembly.
Trump spoke of agreements on visits and TikTok, while China's readout was more circumspect.
There are some notable attendees – hello, Kim Jong Un – but just as interesting is who’s not coming.
“This is the first time since each country went nuclear that we’ve seen so much force used in so many places.”
A new biography of Xi Zhongxun shines light on both the suffering caused by one-party rule and the loyalty that keeps such a system alive.
The protesters got their main demand: the ouster of Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene.
The Australian election result “masks a more sobering political reality: that Albanese and Labor were increasingly unpopular not all that long ago.”
Both sides walked back the eye-popping tariff rates announced since April 2, but no progress was made on structural issues.
Xi's attendance at the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow served as yet another reminder of the modern-day strategic calculations underpinning the...
The two sides are locked in a tit-for-tat battle of soaring tariffs, with neither willing to back down.
“Ending aid is not a strategy to make America great again. It’s a strategy to make America resented and isolated in the world.”
“Changes have drastically reduced the number of Afghans able to reach safety, creating a backlog that will take years to clear – if the program is...