China estimates the number of people of Chinese origin outside the People’s Republic to be 60 million. Beijing … considers them all to be nationals of China, regardless of their citizenship. Xi Jinping views overseas Chinese as playing an … “irreplaceable role” in China’s rise as a world power. Beijing is working hard to harness overseas Chinese resources for its own …

The de facto politically independent Taiwan is coming under increasing pressure from the People’s Republic of China …. Germany is committed to a one-China policy, which rules out any diplo­matic recognition of Taiwan. Nevertheless, there is … scope to expand and intensify relations below this threshold and thus counter China’s policy of intimidating and isolating …

initially speculated that Marcos Jr. would continue to pursue the foreign policy shift towards the People’s Republic of China …’ relations with China and the US to a greater extent than his predecessor. He therefore seems to be follow­ing in his father …

one hand, this diversification aims to reduce economic dependence on China, and on the other - in the context of systemic …

, especially in Iran. China's interests in the Middle East increasingly collide with those of the US, which has brought about a … in the region. Relations with Iran offer China various possibilities for balancing US influence. A decisive factor for … China's Iran policy are its regulatory ideas aiming to establish equality of influence between the major global powers in a …

’s common integrated electricity grid. China is gaining considerable influence in the electricity sector, setting standards and … EU, China, Russia and - across the Black Sea - Iran and Turkey are competing in these zones to influence the …

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally changed the terms of Russia-China economic relations …. Economic cooperation with China has become vital for the Russian economy. Trade turnover between Russia and China has increased …. Russian arms exports have declined in recent years. Meanwhile, China exports large quantities of dual-use goods to Russia …