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Should Trump tear up trade deals and impose punitive tariffs, the existing global trading regime will unravel, with Beijing as one of the biggest casualties

Japan and India could cobble together such a platform as counter to China

Xi and his advisers should not succumb to any illusory belief

Western educational institutions and firms are condoning corruption

Now is the time to recognise the consequences of such a skewed policy, particularly given that the leaders are not done yet limiting their citizens’ reproductive choices

Xi’s ‘Chinese dream’ of national greatness may turn into a nightmare

It is virtually impossible to root out corruption in a one-party system without press freedom, a robust civil society or the rule of law

For Xi, ensnaring Zhou in his anti-corruption net will boost his standing.

Repression and nationalism continue to play a central role in Xi’s China

If Xi’s efforts to root out corruption in the PLA can accomplish these three objectives, one must grudgingly admit that it will be a stroke of political genius

The good news is that Xi seems to recognise the problem inherent in ‘Dengism’

Few dispute that the world’s most important bilateral relationship is in deep trouble