The work of Confucius is a political tool for China's one-party state. But ancient Chinese thought can still jolt the modern world towards fresh awareness.
As President Trump concludes his first week in the White House with extremely protectionist policies, there will be no sigh of relief in Latin America. Español
The architect of China's literacy revolution maintained an open-minded curiosity well into his second century.
Twenty years ago, a bookseller was turned into a living ghost. Amid the great changes shaking China, America, Britain, and the world, he still matters.
The bright national vision promoted by China's ruling party has a dramatic twist.
An evolving, complex universalism makes western discourse obsolete but also creates new challenges. We are all 'other' now.
It will soon be clear whether China's paramount leader cares more for baubles or, like the great Roman emperor, long-term achievements.
Beijing leaders' attachment to central planning serves their underlying philosophy. But what happens if their core vision is ever realised?
There is more talk than ever about China and the world - but also less listening. A serious upgrade of language and ideas is needed.
The work of an erudite Chinese writer of the 20th century, Qian Zhongshu, is an antidote to the idea of absolute "difference" between cultural worlds.
There are signs that the long-fraught relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan could improve, following the change of leadership in Kabul. Reciprocation from Islamabad will, however, be needed.
Beijing knows that the struggle for democracy in Hong Kong is not just about the future of the former British colony: the party monopoly on the mainland is ultimately at issue.
