Washington could take a leaf out of the Chinese playbook by playing the long game and waiting out Duterte in favor of a new administration willing to stand up to Beijing.
Asia
Asia, the world’s largest continent, is now center stage for the battle for the 21st century. It’s here where artificial intelligence matters just as much as artificial islands.
As the new coronavirus, called 2019-nCoV, spreads rapidly around the globe, the international community is scrambling to keep up. Scientists…
Iran’s attractiveness to Central Asian nations increases the Islamic republic’s importance to the Belt and Road, China’s infrastructure, transportation and energy-driven initiative to connect the Eurasian landmass to Beijing.
Xi Jinping is well aware that the way his government manages the coronavirus in Wuhan, the cradle of the Chinese Revolution in 1911, may heavily affect his authority.
A visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo underscored how Washington sees the region defined by its own rivals.
What do these three things have in common: a Kyrgyz gold mine, a Malaysian Ponzi scheme, and canned camel milk?
The Kyrgyz government rushed a tender. It didn’t go well.
Indonesia, one of the world’s most populous countries, is in the midst of a climate emergency.
China has invested US$90 billion in the countries involved in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) since 2013. The BRI…
The internet initially provided Uyghurs with a space to learn about their cultural heritage and religion. Now it serves as a tool of government surveillance.