How Russia-Ukraine crisis works in China’s favour

China’s tendency to privilege naked self-interest over principles in its international affairs suggests it seek advantages from the crisis created by the Russian invasion

An Opportunity to Rethink India’s Economic Policies

How is it that the Indian government is talking of the ‘strategic disinvestment’ of its PSUs while the Chinese have converted their own into world-beating ‘champions’ with stakes across the globe?

China and North Korea: A Convenient Arrangement

Denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula does not progress because Beijing sees North Korea as a greater threat not to itself but to China’s adversaries

North Korea’s Nuclear Test: Regional Reactions and the Chinese Responsibility

Calling the North Korean regime a ‘rogue’ one only deflect attention from China’s responsibility and indirect support for nuclear proliferation