#China

Chilean police dismantled a five-year smuggling network that drained $917 million in stolen copper, shipping it to China disguised as scrap. What it reveals about commodity supply chain vulnerabilities.

An Indonesian fisherman pulled a Chinese underwater drone from waters near the Lombok Strait—a critical deep-water passage to Australia. The find reveals a quiet but expanding pattern of Chinese subsurface surveillance across the Indo-Pacific.

Chinese civilians with STEM backgrounds are voluntarily publishing military tutorials to help Iran counter US forces—no pay, no orders. A viral F-35 takedown video got tens of millions of views. Five days later, Iran claimed it shot one down.

China has completed underwater tunneling for a 14km high-speed rail passage beneath the Yangtze River. What does this tell us about the future of infrastructure?

Air China resumed direct flights to Pyongyang on March 30, weeks after passenger train services were restored. The back-to-back moves signal a deliberate deepening of China-North Korea ties.

A top Chinese economist claims Beijing can absorb shocks from the Middle East conflict and hit its growth target — while quietly preparing for Washington to walk back trade deals.

Semaglutide's patent expired in China on March 20. Now at least 10 Chinese rivals are queuing for approval, some claiming better efficacy. A $14B market is up for grabs.

A Beijing university report is calling for China to trim its record forex reserves and accelerate yuan internationalization. Is this strategy, symbolism, or both?

Beijing is reshaping CIPS into a multicurrency global payment platform. A new Tsinghua University report reveals what this means for the future of dollar dominance and global finance.

As the Israel-U.S. war on Iran chokes the Strait of Hormuz, Russia is quietly positioning itself to deepen its grip on Asian energy markets. Here's what that means for China, India, and the global order.

Carnegie's Zhao Tong breaks down China's nuclear expansion, the erosion of minimum deterrence, and why arms control talks are stuck before they've started.

As the US cancels next-gen helicopter programs and China deploys drone swarms, crewed aircraft face an existential question. Are helicopters obsolete—or evolving into something new?