WORLD
Global Governance Needs Fresh Ideas
A Historic Opportunity for Africa
China’s proposals for reforming global governance underscore the continent’s rising influence and its growing role in shaping a fairer international order.
China’s Great Green Wall Is Nearing Completion After 46 Years of Fighting the Desert
In the Kubuqi Desert, workers didn’t stop at planting. They built solar farms on the stabilized sand, and the panels do double duty: generating power for the grid while their shade cuts evaporation, letting shrubs and grasses grow underneath.
Southeast Asia Charts Its Own Course Amid US Pressure
Stability is what Southeast Asia needs most. It is also what the region’s deepening cooperation with China has helped deliver, and what a growing U.S. push for strategic alignment threatens to unsettle.
Why China Shock 2.0 Misses the Mark
China’s industrial upgrading is not a threat to the global economy, but an important source of innovation, efficiency and growth that can help advance a more sustainable and prosperous future for all.
Forget the Thucydides Trap, the Real Danger Is Climate Breakdown
Rich nations caused the climate crisis. Now they’re exporting its costs onto the nations that didn’t.
Who Governs AI? Reflections From the 2026 World AI Conference
The future of AI governance will depend on whether major technological powers can move beyond zero-sum rivalries and establish frameworks capable of ensuring that AI serves broader global interests rather than becoming another source of geopolitical division.
Fostering Stability and Shared Prosperity in China-U.S. Economic and Trade Relations
Sustaining long-term economic stability ultimately depends on honoring negotiated commitments, eliminating arbitrary trade barriers, and realizing shared prosperity through genuine cooperation.
Charting a Shared Path
Namibian president discusses her state visit to China, the future of bilateral cooperation, industrialisation and Africa’s place in a changing world.
Aid With Strings Attached
This shouldn’t be a time for political point-scoring or self-interested disaster imperialism tactics. It should be a time for solidarity between peoples.
So-Called ‘Award’ Changes Nothing
For China, it is essential to recognize the complexity, protracted nature and recurring character of South China Sea disputes.
From Impossible to Reality: Why China’s Reusable Rocket Recovery Matters
A program that succeeds on its first try can increase its launch cadence right away.












