Beijing’s pressure on Zambia to cancel RightsCon—the world’s largest digital rights conference—over the presence of Taiwanese participants is textbook authoritarian export of censorship.
China-Canada food safety pact could be a killer of a deal
China’s regulations look good on paper but the absence of an independent judiciary means the rules are sometimes applied inconsistently.
Canada can’t “prove it”
Carney’s claim of “rigorous” protections against forced labor in supply chains falls apart under scrutiny.
How China built Iran’s surveillance state — and America broke it
China’s advanced surveillance tech helped Iran to construct a near-total control system—only for it to collapse under U.S. intervention during recent unrest.
China’s canal diplomacy
China is shifting its focus from modern transport infrastructure to traditional canals as a means of expanding its influence across Asia.
The world order is shifting — and China is moving fast to shape it
The implications of shifting alliances amid a turbulent U.S.-China relationship.
How Beijing’s double standards are shaping world order
As China edges toward becoming the world’s largest economy, its insistence on being treated as a developing nation becomes increasingly untenable.
Nepal charges Chinese state firm and 55 officials with corruption
Nepal’s anti-graft watchdog says state-owned China CAMC Engineering, in tandem with Nepali officials, colluded to inflate the costs of a Belt and Road airport project.
Mapping China’s North American fentanyl commanders
Sinologist Chris Meyer and journalist Sam Cooper reveal CCP-aligned Chinese criminal networks as architects of global fentanyl trafficking, reshaping cartel operations under Xi Jinping’s regime.
What do strikes on Iran mean for China, Russia, and North Korea?
The Israel-Iran conflict underscores the “Axis of Upheaval” as a loose coalition of convenience rather than a unified bloc that might evolve into a cohesive strategic alliance.
China reacts to Israel-Iran war: compilation
An epic round-up of views from inside China of the Israel-Iran conflict.
Catastrophe on the roof of the world
China is leveraging its influence to cow criticism of its avaricious projects in one of the world’s most fragile regions.
Leaked directive reveals the CCP’s desperate strategy to survive the trade war: Heng He
The recent leak of a Chinese Communist Party directive has revealed a regime in crisis. American Thought Leaders in conversation with China analyst Heng He.
Thailand arrests Chinese executive linked to Bangkok tower that collapsed during earthquake
Investigators allege company hid foreign control using Thai proxies.
Navy needs to take stronger action on China ‘research ship’
The People’s Republic of China makes no distinction between civilian and military scientific research and that has Australia, if not New Zealand, worried.


