January 2026
A month ago this column considered whether the 2025 could have been the pivotal year when the global power balance switched from the United States to China. Since then and almost on a d……
In recent years, debates on China’s military trajectory and regional security risk have often centered on People’s Liberation Army (PLA) elite reshuffles, anti-corruption campaigns, and the internal g……
A Rollercoaster of a Year
For those interested in current affairs and history it is fun but perhaps foolish to try and judge what current events and what time periods really contribute to a meaningfu……
The New Realities
Last month this column looked at the shambolic UK China policy, or lack thereof. For over a decade the UK has floundered when it comes to conducting a sensible and consistent China……
I. Japan’s Strategic Language Under Prime Minister Takaichi
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s embrace of the phrase “A crisis in Taiwan is a crisis for Japan” (台湾有事は日本有事) marks not a rhetorical revival……
President Trump posted the term “G2” in reference to the U.S. and China on Truth Social before and after his meeting with President Xi Jinping in South Korea on October 30. On October 31 (U.S. Eastern……
On October 28, Xinhua released the full text of the “Proposal of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development.” Presented amid accelera……
In recent weeks, Beijing announced the establishment of a “Taiwan Retrocession Day”(台灣光復節) and released a series of commentaries under the pseudonym “Zhong Taiwen” (鍾台文) through Xinhua News Agency, co……
Still in the Headlines
In December of last year the UK news headlines were full of Chinese spies and Prince Andrew. The revelations that one of Prince Andrew’s closest contacts was a Chinese nationa……
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was held in Beijing from October 20 to 23, 2025, during which it adopted the Proposal for Formulating the ……
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- NHK党首討論を逃げた高市氏、直後に岐阜や愛知で選挙演説「マイク握り、腕振り回し」元気いっぱい！
- A January to Remember
- Managing China Without War: The U.S. Strategic Turn and Taiwan’s Security Dilemma
- 「世界の真ん中で咲き誇る高市外交」今やいずこ？ 世界が震撼する財政悪化震源地「サナエ・ショック」
- 中国の中央軍事委員会要人失脚は何を物語るのか？
- 個人の人気で裏金議員を復活させ党内派閥を作る解散か？ しかし高市政権である限り習近平の日本叩きは続く
- トランプG2構想「西半球はトランプ、東半球は習近平」に高市政権は耐えられるか？ NSSから読み解く
- 2025年は転換点だったのか？
- トランプのベネズエラ攻撃で習近平が困るのか？ 中国エネルギー源全体のベネズエラ石油依存度は0.53％
- ベネズエラを攻撃したトランプ 習近平より先にトランプに会おうとした高市総理は梯子を外された
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