‘In China’s Shadow’: How the country’s global power reaches into other nations and people’s lives
China’s emerging global dominance is affecting nations, economies and lives in the Pacific Rim. Beijing seeks to create a new world order as the United States under President Trump has become increasingly isolationist. Chinese leader Xi Jinping is looking to 2021 — the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s founding — to further expand his country’s power.
Drew Pavlou’s battle against the University of Queensland illustrates China’s influence over a key U.S. ally.
Dec. 21, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
Dec. 17, 2020
In U.S.-China dispute over missile defense system, Beijing punishes South Korea by restricting tourism and holding trade hostage.
Nov. 20, 2020
Beijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
Nov. 12, 2020
China’s paramount leader, Xi Jinping, sees himself as a savior, anointed to steer the Communist Party and China away from corruption and foreign influence, into a ‘new era’ of prosperity, power and political devotion. Whether his vision matches reality is another question.
Oct. 22, 2020
China’s oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
Sept. 25, 2020
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.
Sept. 11, 2020