CHINA AND THE WORLD

Nestled deep in the mountains of southern Bulgaria is the most unlikely of connections, between a tiny village and a multinational food and beverage giant based in the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai. 

As China celebrates the 70th anniversary of relations with Russia and “unprecedented” friendship, the record in the Chinese press tells a more complex story.

Can we really discuss the factors behind France’s “Yellow Vest” movement and other European upheavals without addressing the role of China in a globalized world?

The journey of “community of common destiny” to the center of China’s foreign policy lexicon has been years in the making.

How Liang Qichao’s sojourn in Europe in the wake of the devastation of the Great War shaped the destiny of modern China.

If you hope to grasp the current affairs in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, it is imperative to return to their Communist pasts. A strange interplay has emerged between the Communism of former days and the right-wing populism of the present.

Xi's language about “common destiny” may echo European ideas, but China's concept emphasizes the primacy of national rights over the rights of the individual.