China calls for global unity amid Western exodus |

China is calling for global unity and an end to trade wars. It has warned that the whole world stands to lose out from a fragmenting global economy. Is this a sincere attempt by Beijing to mend relations with the West, or part of a strategy to boost its own economy?

How war is changing Russia’s population

 

President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is causing major changes back home. Hundreds of thousands of Russian men are being mobilized to fight and tens of thousands have already been killed or injured. Meanwhile, many Russians have left their country and millions of Ukrainians are thought to have arrived.

Why China's plan to save its economy won't work |

  China's attempts to save its floundering real estate market, and asks what happened to the explosive growth the world's second-largest economy had gotten used to enjoying

Can China's economy afford a war with Taiwan? |

China has been showing off its military might in exercises surrounding Taiwan. Concern that Beijing might order an invasion of the island is growing, as President Xi Jinping seeks to keep a promise to "reunite" Taiwan with the Chinese mainland.

The true impact of sanctions on Russia

As Europeans suffer high energy costs and the prospect of a rough winter, some have begun to ask if Western sanctions against Russia were in fact an own goal. On the face of it, Russia’s economy is not going through the meltdown once predicted and Moscow continues to make billions from selling its oil and gas to the world.