22 h. ago America Alone Can’t Match China. But With Our Allies, It’s No Contest.

America Alone Can’t Match China. But With Our Allies, It’s No Contest.  The New York Times

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3 d. ago China slams EU official's 'autocratic alliance' claim as irresponsible

China slams EU official's 'autocratic alliance' claim as irresponsible  ecns.cn

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3 d. ago How Chinese view US rivalry, Beijing’s deterrence muscle: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. What do ordinary Chinese think of US rivalry and Russian, North Korean allies? Americans tend to believe that China wants to create a new world order to knock the United States off its perch, but the results of a survey released this week suggest Chinese people are far more nuanced and flexible in this view, providing avenues to reduce US-China tension,...

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4 d. ago China’s allies give top marks for parade but the West is not won over

Brilliant. Pivotal. Very well held. That is how some countries described the massive military parade in the heart of the Chinese capital on Wednesday. But these countries are either some of China’s closest neighbours or part of the developing world – a group that Beijing has long sought to influence. Elsewhere, particularly in the West, the reaction was more muted. The parade had a dual effect – it marked 80 years since the end of World War II and showcased China’s growing military might and...

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6 d. ago China’s shipping firms lean on alliances to ride out US port fee storm

Chinese shipping companies are working with global partners to reduce their US exposure and explore more regional market opportunities, as the industry braces for the introduction of steep new US port fees in October. Washington plans to charge Chinese-linked vessels hefty fees to enter US ports as part of a drive to rein in China’s globally dominant shipyards, and the controversial new levies are already driving deep changes in the shipping industry. “The container shipping industry is...

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6 d. ago ‘Historical evolution’: China’s shipping firms pivot amid looming US port fees

Chinese shipping companies are working with global partners to reduce their US exposure and explore more regional market opportunities, as the industry braces for the introduction of steep new US port fees in October. Washington plans to charge Chinese-linked vessels hefty fees to enter US ports as part of a drive to rein in China’s globally dominant shipyards, and the controversial new levies are already driving deep changes in the shipping industry. “The container shipping industry is...

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6 d. ago News Wrap: China welcomes closest allies to annual security summit

News Wrap: China welcomes closest allies to annual security summit  PBS

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8 d. ago North Korean leader irks South and US in alliance with China

North Korean leader irks South and US in alliance with China  The Korea Times

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1 week ago Washington draws rebuke from Beijing after Panamanian lawmakers join ‘anti

China’s state media and diplomats lashed out at Washington on Wednesday after nine Panamanian lawmakers joined a global parliamentary alliance that Beijing denounced as an anti-China front. The move, announced in Panama’s National Assembly a day earlier at a ceremony backed by the US ambassador, drew sharp criticism from state outlets such as the China Daily and Global Times, which accused Washington of coercion and manipulation. The lawmakers declared their membership in the Inter-Parliamentary...

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1 week ago Pentagon unit steps up tech ties with allies to counter China

Pentagon unit steps up tech ties with allies to counter China  Financial Times

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1 week ago Has Ukraine war sparked a moment of reckoning for China’s foreign policy?

The protracted war in Ukraine has emerged as a global watershed, redrawing alignments and shifting geopolitical alliances across continents. For China, it is also a moment of reckoning – a revealing lens that highlights the tensions within Beijing’s foreign policy, where strategic pragmatism often clashes with its declared principles. As Ukraine marked its Independence Day on Sunday, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to his counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, in a highly unusual...

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1 week ago To counter Beijing in South China Sea, Manila and Canberra forge defence pact

Australia and the Philippines’ push to finalise an “enhanced defence cooperation” agreement by next year underscores how regional allies are accelerating security coordination in response to China’s growing assertiveness in contested waters, a shift analysts say could reshape strategic dynamics in the South China Sea. The talks were announced during a Friday press conference in Manila, where Australian Deputy Prime Minister and defence chief Richard Marles and Philippine Defence Secretary...

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1 week ago S.Korean special envoys meet Wang Yi in Beijing, emphasize cooperation with China alongside U.S. alliance

S.Korean special envoys meet Wang Yi in Beijing, emphasize cooperation with China alongside U.S. alliance  The Korea Post

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2 w. ago Why US allies are resisting China’s charm offensive on trade

Geopolitical tremors from Washington’s trade wars against its closest allies – the European Union, Japan, South Korea, Canada and Australia – might have convinced Beijing of an impending realignment. China has seized the moment with a charm offensive, urging pragmatic cooperation amid tariff spats. Beijing rightly condemns Washington for shredding the very World Trade Organization rules and post-war liberal order it crafted, calling for collective action against US coercion. Yet despite the...

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2 w. ago Opinion | Why US allies are resisting China’s charm offensive on trade

Opinion | Why US allies are resisting China’s charm offensive on trade  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago China’s trade charm offensive falls on deaf ears among US security allies

Geopolitical tremors from Washington’s trade wars against its closest allies – the European Union, Japan, South Korea, Canada and Australia – might have convinced Beijing of an impending realignment. China has seized the moment with a charm offensive, urging pragmatic cooperation amid tariff spats. Beijing rightly condemns Washington for shredding the very World Trade Organization rules and post-war liberal order it crafted, calling for collective action against US coercion. Yet despite the...

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2 w. ago Opinion | China’s trade charm offensive falls on deaf ears among US security allies

Opinion | China’s trade charm offensive falls on deaf ears among US security allies  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago America and its Asian allies need to spend more to deter China

America and its Asian allies need to spend more to deter China  The Economist

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3 w. ago How China seeks to distribute AI while US only wants to dominate

Within days of each other, the world’s two artificial intelligence (AI) superpowers unveiled duelling blueprints for the future. The United States released its sweeping AI Action Plan, calling for deregulation, semiconductor expansion and “full-stack” AI export packages to allies. Days later, China put forth its proposal at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai: a global AI governance body open to the Global South, a push for open-source collaboration and a subtle rebuke of AI...

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3 w. ago Quad alliance risks unravelling as Trump strains ties with India and Japan

Beijing must be watching with satisfaction as US President Donald Trump has, in less than 200 days, come close to unravelling one of the few foreign policy legacies of his first term: the fragile coalition countering China in the Indo-Pacific. The rationale behind Trump’s deliberate straining of ties with India and Japan – two of Washington’s most vital regional partners in balancing Beijing – through tariffs, sanctions threats and incendiary rhetoric remains opaque, likely driven more by...

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