China
Iran’s ‘Ghost Armada’ and its secret alliance with China
When a British security guard was killed in an Iranian drone attack last month, the response from the government was robust. Boris…
How China tried to suppress the lab leak investigation
The lead figure in the World Health Organisation’s work on the origins of Covid-19 has givena remarkable interview to Danish…
Why China’s vaccine diplomacy is running into difficulties
Tear gas and rubber bullets hold off the protestors marching to Government House in Bangkok. They’re looking for Prime Minister…
More diplomacy won’t stop the advance of the Taliban
On 11 August, at Russia’s initiative, an ‘extended troika’ will meet in Doha, Qatar to take stock of the Taliban’s…
The China challenge has no precedent
The US has never been more worried by the rise of China than it is today. In my Times column…
What kind of empire is China building?
As Britain’s small fleet, headed by HMS Queen Elizabeth, cruises towards the South China Sea, there remains a question over…
Power struggle
The troubling truth about Britain’s nuclear deal with China
The Lib Dems’ Vince Cable China problem
Last night, Vince Cable appeared on Nigel Farage’s ‘Talking Pints’ segment on GB News. This, if you haven’t seen it,…
The Lancet, China and the origins of coronavirus
Right from its first issue in 1823, the Lancet was more than just an ordinary medical journal. Its founding editor,…
The man behind Xi Jinping
At the height of the Cultural Revolution, over a billion copies of Mao’s Little Red Book were distributed across the…
China’s Belt and Road to Damascus
There is, it seems, no regime too odious to be a partner of China. Being repressive and corrupt have long…
The Spectator’s Notes
Anyone who thinks Boris Johnson lacks statecraft should pay attention to Dominic Cummings’s attacks on him. They often to seem…
Portrait of the week
Home On the eve of the day that most coronavirus restrictions were to be lifted, the Prime Minister and Chancellor…
Letters
Out of Afghanistan Sir: Boyd Tonkin’s review of Anna Aslanyan’s Dancing on Ropes highlights the post-war abandonment of local Afghan…
China is the latest victim of Pakistan’s Islamist problem
Nine Chinese engineers were killed in an explosion near Pakistan’s Dasu hydroelectric dam last Wednesday. The government initially said that their…
Better to back clean aviation than to punish frequent flyers
Have you been scanning airline websites for exotic destinations to which your double-jabbed status might allow you to slip away…
Letters
Save the parish Sir: The Revd Marcus Walker eloquently describes the crisis that has taken hold in the Church of…
Why is the EU copying China’s Belt and Road initiative?
Much like Mark Twain’s apocryphal quote about arguing with idiots who ‘drag you down to their level and beat you…
North Korea’s cryptic crisis
For years, the West has tried to cajole the North Korean regime using sanctions, much to the frustration of Kim…
After the end of history
Tom Holland and Francis Fukuyama on Marxism, football and Trump’s demise
Matt Hancock isn’t the only politician who is clueless about cyber security
It is widely acknowledged that Britain has some of the world’s finest cyber capabilities. GCHQ is a global leader in…
Chairman Xi and the Communist party’s delusional centenary
The emperor has new clothes. Arriving at a meeting to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, China’s…
How Taishan almost became China’s Chernobyl
Days after a nuclear power plant began spewing deadly radiation, the ruling Communist party pushed ahead with a huge and…
China’s manhunt
Is anywhere safe for the Uighurs?
The growing cult of ‘Dada’ Xi Jinping
In a defiant speech to mark the Communist party’s centenary today, Xi Jinping warned foreign powers they would ‘have their…
