Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project at CSIS, describes how China appears to be gearing up for conflict with Taiwan and why US support is vital for the Strait’s security.

Background and explainers on the trade war between China ... believes the US is trying to restrict its rise as a global economic power.

with rising bills and the U.S. trade war weighing on sentiment, a survey showed on Friday. The GfK Consumer Confidence Index fell to -23 in April from -19 in March. A Reuters poll of economists ...

The current Sino-US standoff seemingly reflects a shared understanding that avoiding the Thucydides Trap, when tensions between an incumbent hegemon and a rising power lead to conflict ...