The First Opium War began as a trade dispute, but it quickly exposed a deeper power struggle between Britain and Qing China. Britain faced a massive silver drain because Chinese merchants demanded ...

The Opium Wars began as a trade dispute but quickly turned into a brutal demonstration of imperial power. Britain flooded China with opium to reverse a massive silver drain, and when Qing officials ...

As China’s history shows, no matter if it is Tsarist, Bolshevik, Soviet, or “democratic,” Russia’s strategic and geopolitical logic guiding its behavior remain unchanged.

WRITING in the early 1930s, the social historian RH Tawney graphically described the plight of the Chinese peasant as ...

UNITED Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrapped up his four-day visit to China on Feb. 1, 2026, with a full red-carpet treatment of being successively received by the top three figures in Chinese ...

I’ve just returned from Shanghai – here’s why you should visit China now - As China lifts visa restrictions for Brits, ...

As red lanterns and paper-cut steeds herald the Year of the Horse, we revisit an animal that uniquely balances domestication ...

For a moment, it looked as if this tragic inevitability would not happen. But yesterday evening, Donald Trump gave ...

In Myanmar, Cambodia, and beyond, technology has enabled illicit economies to become enmeshed with the systems that underpin ...

China has long been a counterfeiting hub. Shoppers do not have to look far to find fake Nestlé food seasoning or imitation ...

This article is the first in an 11-part series examining how the United States should organize, lead, and integrate economic statecraft ...

As Biden administration national security adviser Jake Sullivan met General Zhang Youxia in August 2024, the tired and strained look on the American’s face contrasted with the relaxed smile of the ...