China’s Soft Power in Crisis: How Beijing Lost the Iran War Narrative – Xi Jinping’s government condemned the strikes loudly but changed nothing — exposing the limits of China’s global influence
Jimmy Lai’s 20-Year Sentence: A Flashpoint That Could Reshape US-China Relations – The jailing of Hong Kong’s most celebrated press freedom defender transforms a local prosecution into a global diplomatic crisis
Rubio Honors Tiananmen’s Dead: A Message to Beijing That Freedom Is Not Forgotten – The US Secretary of State’s Tiananmen tribute lands as US-China relations hit new lows
Xi Has Time on His Side With Taiwan as Trump Arrives Weakened – Supreme Court tariff ruling strips US leverage ahead of most consequential summit in years
