Monday Briefing: How China Is Walling Off the Sea
Plus pursuing K-pop stardom while being out and proud.
Plus pursuing K-pop stardom while being out and proud.
The world’s most brazen maritime militarization is gaining muscle in waters through which one-third of global ocean trade passes.
Ten years after an international treaty to ban mercury, the toxic metal continues to poison. The reason might have to do with your wedding ring.
Huang Xueqin, the journalist, and Wang Jianbing, a labor activist, have been accused of inciting subversion as the authorities expand a campaign to quash dissent.
The trip by President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, his first to China since 2004, may bolster Beijing’s efforts to expand its influence in the Middle East.
President Biden has prioritized bolstering partnerships over full-throated advocacy for democracy among American allies.
Taiwan’s defense ministry criticized the uptick in Chinese military activity, saying Beijing should “stop such destructive unilateral actions.”
Plus, confronting the world’s largest “baby exporter.”
Closer ties between Russia and North Korea could weaken Beijing’s leverage over both countries and set back China’s efforts to stabilize its ties with the West.
A rising India has moved aggressively to champion developing nations, pursuing compromise in polarized times and promising to make America listen.