Thinking About China

Fighting in the Middle East seems to have delivered a setback to Beijing’s long-perused campaign to chip away at the U.S. dollar’s global dominance.

Beijing’s pennies apparently buy pounds in Sacramento.

The new pact targets China’s energy lifelines.

Beijing is working all the angles. But history teaches us how accommodation ends.

China’s recently announced five-year plan contains mostly what Xi Jinping has emphasized for some time now.

Beijing has publicly positioned itself as a neutral actor, but there’s evidence that points to a different reality.

China’s problems are mounting.

China is expanding military dominance in the South China Sea—mostly unchallenged by the United States.

Some recent signs of improvement are tentative, to be sure, and easy to dismiss but still not to be ignored.

Fighting in the Middle East seems to have delivered a setback to Beijing’s long-perused campaign to chip away at the U.S. dollar’s global dominance.

Beijing’s pennies apparently buy pounds in Sacramento.

The new pact targets China’s energy lifelines.

Beijing is working all the angles. But history teaches us how accommodation ends.

China’s recently announced five-year plan contains mostly what Xi Jinping has emphasized for some time now.

Beijing has publicly positioned itself as a neutral actor, but there’s evidence that points to a different reality.

China’s problems are mounting.

China is expanding military dominance in the South China Sea—mostly unchallenged by the United States.

Some recent signs of improvement are tentative, to be sure, and easy to dismiss but still not to be ignored.