Explore Shantou Cunxin Mansion in Shantou, China—an architectural blend of Chinese and Western styles. This building hosts ...

We are seeing the return of overt geopolitics: a style of major power politics that does not bother to hide behind international law or multilateral norms. That’s good news for China – and bad news ...

America projects soft power through popular culture (think Mickey Mouse, Taylor Swift) or its biggest brands (Nike or Stanford). As it plots its rise globally, and in the Middle East, China’s own ...

The British prime minister’s arrival in Beijing signified a structural shift in Western policy toward China – and the end of ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently concluded a four-day visit to China. Yet even as billions of pounds worth of ...

When content creator Sherry XiiRuii started uploading humorous tutorials about everyday Chinese habits, hashtagged #BecomingChinese, on social media in late 2025, she probably did not think her videos ...

BY HALO HASSAN SAEED As 2026 unfolds, the international system is undergoing a quiet but profound realignment.

Cultural factors, such as attitudes toward the past and an independent-interdependent orientation, shape how people plan ...

As the dust cleared around the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a surprise military strike earlier this month, US officials left little question that they had another target too: China.

China is rolling out hundreds of activities across Africa, including study trips and AI competitions, as part of what experts have described as a “soft power” charm offensive designed to deepen its ...

Simon Zundl, a German logistics and export packaging professional who lived in China from 2012 to 2019 and still visits the country regularly, said that he thinks the trend is driven by a global ...

HONG KONG — With the surprise capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump declared U.S. authority over the entire Western Hemisphere — and warned China that it’s not welcome in ...