China’s energy fortress was built to withstand just this type of oil shock

For more than a decade, leader Xi Jinping has overseen a transformation within the Chinese economy with one aim: making it energy-secure.

How OpenClaw turned into China's next big thing

Install queues. Side hustles. Stock bets. This is the rise of China's AI agent economy.

Ex-CIA official says Trump's 'handshake' deal with China could cut off Iran's weapons, end conflict

Former CIA official John Kiriakou said President Trump's "handshake" deal with China to cut Iran's weapons supply could be a game-changer for the Middle East.

US and allied forces kick off combat drills with Philippines as China objects

The United States and the Philippines have kicked off of their largest combat exercises in an annual display of allied military might.

China’s Xi Calls for Normal Hormuz Passage

Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for the restoration of safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz and an “immediate and comprehensive” cease-fire in a phone call Monday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

China’s silent war: How Beijing armed, funded, and enabled Iran

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting at the Great

Japan’s Takaichi risks China’s wrath with Yasukuni offering

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made an offering to a shrine seen by Japan’s neighbors as glorifying its wartime past, in a move that stops short of a visit but may still anger China and other neighboring nations.

Escape route from Iran energy shock leads to China, U.S. allies find

Countries are navigating between the desire to speed up the green transition and worries over Beijing’s clean-tech dominance.