China’s leaders are no longer content to react to the world as they find it. They are quietly building the tools to shape ...

People in the West say they must avoid a new Cold War without realizing that they are already in one – and China is winning.

The United Nations Human Rights Council sparked outrage on Wednesday when it announced that two of the seven experts elected to its advisory committee were from Iran and China. Hillel Neuer, Executive ...

In Indonesia’s nickel belt, Chinese built smelters now produce roughly two-thirds of the world’s battery grade nickel at a capital cost 40 to 60 percent below their Western rivals and in roughly ...

Japan is taking a greater interest in the United Nations as fears grow that rival nations, including China, are using the ...

As President Trump pulls back U.S. funding of the United Nations, countries like China, Russia and Qatar are seeking to influence the body’s work on human rights and labor. By Mara Hvistendahl Mara ...

GENEVA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A small group of countries led by China and Russia has repeatedly tried to block funding for human rights-related work at the United Nations over a five-year period, ...

China’s newly released White Paper, “China’s Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era,” is not simply a catalogue of policies. It is ...

As we continue our annual tradition of identifying 10 key business and human rights issues for the next year, our predictive powers are amply tested by the current geopolitical climate. But we draw ...

The US–China ‘trade war 2.0’ has intensified economic decoupling and disrupted China’s central role in global production networks. In response, Beijing has pursued trade and investment diversification ...

Since its roll-out in January 2025, Chinese generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), DeepSeek R1, has challenged existing assumptions about AI development, cost efficiency, and global competition, ...