Filtering Special Interests: How Institutions Shape the Politics of Trade Securitization

A wealthy, high-quality democracy has seized up. No populist, no stolen election—just divided government colliding with a constitution built for single-party rule. With Beijing watching…

The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.

EP • Stevie Wonder

On accelerationists and doomers.

At its height, Ming China was one of the most powerful states on Earth. So how did it come to an end?

Below is Covit’s account of his time in Japanese-occupied Shanghai between autumn 1942 to his internment in Pudong in February 1943...It’s a unique & revealing portrait of life in occupied Shanghai...

Embedded in 1930s China to advance the cause of Communist revolution, a pair of Soviet agents maintained their cover stories through their arrest and trial.

Why does Japan have hundreds of thousands of surnames while China and Korea rely on a handful? The answer lies in a Meiji-era law.

Some 49 per cent of those polled see China as a rival or adversary while just 38 per cent see the nation in positive terms, new survey finds.

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are evaluating chipmaking equipment from China's Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) for possible ​use at their Chinese factories, three people familiar with t...

Taking Takaichi seriously on fiscal policy

G7 pressure for Beijing ⁠to revalue ​its currency have ​resurfaced but even a 25% increase in the ​yuan would ​not overcome China's vast ‌cost ⁠edge. Closing the gap requires trimming regulation, funn...

A record wave of launches – mostly EVs – threatens to overwhelm demand, forcing smaller players into a fight for survival.