In 1969, with the Cultural Revolution raging at home and tensions rising abroad, Chinese leader Mao Zedong instructed four elder military leaders to study the relationships between China and the world ...

In January 2026, several European leaders visited China to deepen ties with the world’s second-largest economy, China and the European Union began to resolve long-standing electric vehicle disputes, ...

From left to right: António Costa (president of the European Council), Xi Jinping (president of the People’s Republic of China), and Ursula von der Leyen (president of the European Commission) at the ...

Drones, missiles and other crucial components of Europe’s rush to rearm itself rely on an increasingly unsteady supply of minerals from China. By Jeanna Smialek Reporting from Brussels European ...

China in Europe: February 2026 In February 2026, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made his first official visit to China, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi used stops in Hungary and at the Munich ...

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared history as wartime allies. By David Pierson Reporting from Hong Kong China’s ...

While the dominant economic narrative has been that supply chains are shifting out of China amidst rising geopolitical competition and that the ASEAN countries are obvious beneficiaries, the truth is ...