International Relations

The Diplomat: India’s Rare Earth Opportunity after the Trump-Xi Summit

The summit bought a year of time to combat China’s rare earth dominance. India is best positioned to take advantage. By JIANLI YANG - Nov 6, 2025 The summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at APEC in Gyeongju produced no grand bargain but one valuable by-product:...
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Chosun Daily: Trump-Xi Trade Truce Hopes for Managed Competition

Summit establishes dialogue mechanism but lacks verification, prioritizing process over grand deal in U.S.-China rivalry By JIANLI YANG - Nov 4, 2025 The Trump–Xi Jinping summit held in South Korea under the APEC framework did not end the trade war nor reshape the...
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National Review: China’s ‘Fortress Without Isolation’

Beijing’s latest Five-Year Plan, while couched in familiar bureaucratic language, marks a significant evolution in the regime’s grand strategy. By JIANLI YANG - Oct 30, 2025 At the recently concluded annual plenum of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee,...
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The Diplomat: China’s Next Five-Year Plan Will Bet on Technology at Home and Abroad

At the upcoming Fourth Plenum and beyond, we can expect to see the CCP take techno-nationalism to a new level. By Jamie Daves and Jianli Yang - Oct 16, 2025 The forthcoming Fourth Plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will not be an...
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