For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.

China's massive missile force threatens U.S. Pacific bases as both nations race to build long-range weapons. Experts analyze the strategic competition.

The United States is confronting an existential threat -- but not the kind defined by ships on the horizon or missiles in the air. The danger instead

Is Washington moving away from the formula that has governed the tenuous Taiwan Strait equilibrium for 50 years?

China’s first publicly acknowledged missile defense system capable of midcourse interception of long-range missiles, the HQ-29, is raising questions about Chinese intentions and threatening to intensify the US-China arms race.

China's highly selective educational pipeline develops a narrow slice of students to an extremely high level. America has 'islands of excellence.'

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Despite being banned in China, a dangerous pesticide that endangers farmworkers is flowing from Chinese manufacturers into the United States.

The Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy redefines global power dynamics, placing India at a critical juncture. The document emphas

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