China, Russia and the Risk of a New Cold War

Roughly a year ago, a team at The New York Times Magazine set about tackling a nearly impossible task: creating a list of the greatest living American songwriters. But how to take the tens of thousands of songwriters working in this country and narrow them down to a digestible li ...  Show more

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Oggi Xi Jinping e Putin si sono incontrati a Mosca. È il loro quarantesimo incontro, ma il primo da quando è iniziata l’invasione di Mosca dell’Ucraina. A favore di telecamere i due si sono scambiati frasi un po’ sdolcinate e complimentose che servono a confermare agli occhi del ...  Show more

Day 310. Today, as Putin announces that China's leader Xi Jinping will be visiting Russia in the New Year, we discuss what this meeting means for the war in Ukraine. Plus, we reflect on the 100 year anniversary of the birth of the Soviet Union and what it can tell us about the cu ...  Show more

Last week, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping completed a three-day visit to Moscow, his first since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Before the war, Xi and Vladimir Putin had famously announced a “friendship without limits”. But it is unclear whether that relationship is pure ...  Show more

This week marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's visit to China. In 2022, there are warnings the US and China are entering a new Cold War, while the latter's relationship with Russia is strengthening. The New Statesman’s senior editor of China and global affairs, ...  Show more