Towards Gerontocracy
The Greek philosopher Plato once said: “It is for the elder man to rule and for the younger to submit.”
The Greek philosopher Plato once said: “It is for the elder man to rule and for the younger to submit.”
Xi Jinping at his meeting with Donald Trump on 14-15 May 2026 in Beijing referred to the Thucydides Trap, a metaphor that refers to the inherent tensions and perils when an established power is challenged by a rising power.
Beijing's latest diplomatic outreach to Pyongyang comes as North Korea balances ties with both China and Russia while expanding its nuclear capabilities.
In China, the total number of accounts holding credit cards peaked at 807 million in September 2022, but it has reduced by nearly 15 per cent during a 14-straight-quarter decline.
A deadly gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s Shanxi Province has left 82 dead, prompting a massive rescue operation and an investigation ordered by Xi Jinping.
Xi Jinping warned that Taiwan could push China and the US towards conflict as he held high-level talks with Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday.
A fire at a residential building in central China's Hunan Province has left five people dead and two others injured, according to the local emergency management bureau.
Trump projected optimism over US-China trade ties before his Beijing trip, while American lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan bill targeting Chinese connected vehicles and auto technology.
Recent times have seen “strongmen” leaders like Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Mohammad Bin Salman, Paul Kagame, Kim Jong Un etc.
China’s latest growth numbers offer reassurance at first glance, but they obscure a more uncomfortable reality: the world’s second-largest economy is increasingly reliant on external demand at precisely the moment when the global environment is turning hostile.
