How China quietly erased Taiwan from coffee’s world stage
When Bala stepped onto the podium in San Diego in April, holding the trophy for the 2026 World Latte Art Championship, the backdrop behind him said “Luckin Coffee” — the...
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Trump-Xi summit at best may codify new US-China coexistence rules
Next week, when President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping, the choreography will be in quintessential familiar style. Yet their carefully crafted calisthenics, their ritual reaffirmations...
Trump, invite Xi to make Chinese cars in the US,...
[Editor’s note: Urban Lehner has seen up close how this sort of situation plays out. He was the Wall Street Journal’s Detroit bureau chief in the 1980s when the Japanese...
Thailand shouldn’t walk away from maritime dialogue with Cambodia
Nations have always had to negotiate shared waters. The sea carries trade and sustains coastal communities. It often hides valuable resources. It can bring neighbors closer together, but when claims...
With USAID gone, Indo-Pacific allies face the fallout
For more than 60 years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was the backbone of American development diplomacy. Today, it is gone. But the most immediate consequence is...
Have any lessons been learned from US failures in the...
While the US military has had many achievements in the Iran conflict, it’s been far from cost free. Iran conducted extensive retaliatory strikes targeting high-value US bases. According to international...
China invokes rules to blunt US sanctions on ‘teapot’ refiners
China has invoked a five-year-old legal instrument for the first time to block the enforcement of United States sanctions on five mainland “teapot” oil refiners, including the newly sanctioned Hengli...
Trump’s Hormuz ‘protection’ seeks ‘pretext for escalation’: Iran
Iranian officials warned Sunday that US President Donald Trump’s newly announced plan to help “guide” stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz is an attempted provocation aimed at justifying...
Pressure builds on Putin to escalate Ukraine war
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Japan grapples with Iran war, cyber risk and tightening financial...
