Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings.

Inevitably, this re-engagement has caused a backlash. Leaders have returned home from Beijing to critics who say their visits yielded precious few gains, while only deepening reliance on China.

Ray Dalio says the world order has entered Big Cycle Stage 6, marking a critical turning point in global power dynamics.

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Russian and Chinese military incursions near Alaska prompt major U.S. defense investments, including reopening Adak base and new Arctic infrastructure.

China’s MFA’s strong language was hardly a surprise; China’s Osaka Consul head comparing Takaichi to a “dirty head that must ...

A more confident Tokyo complicates Beijing’s preferred regional order. For many of Asia’s middle powers, that makes Japan an appealing counterweight.

Highlights from a trove of more than 200 love letters that tell the story of a couple's courtship and marriage during World War II are ...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, co-chaired the 20th round of China-Russia strategic security consultation in Moscow on Tuesday.

The island at the center of the artificial intelligence boom—and increasingly the global economy—lies on geological and geopolitical fault lines. Taiwan, the producer of most of the world’s advanced ...