Preference for China as the world’s leading power has risen in every place sampled in our new poll. Perhaps most surprisingly, that includes America https://t.co/4x4vPBc8la ...

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Taiwan’s secret economic weapon? A deliberately weak currency. It’s made the island’s exports dominate globally—but left everyday Taiwanese paying the price at home https://t.co/lQx853URS7 ...

“I’m not a child or a pet for you to tease,” a user from Xinjiang wrote online. “I spent years learning Mandarin so we could speak as equals” https://t.co/GWvptspd0R ...

In recent years the crypto industry has gone from an object of mockery in mainstream finance to being broadly accepted, even encouraged. Strange as it may seem, that victory now poses a problem https://t.co/EMiJ9Cl6uaPhoto: Alamy https://t.co/VWlapQUHgW ...

Don’t cry for millennials or Gen Z. Save your pity for those in their 50s https://t.co/OqVvhIRzrB ...

It is hard to say anything with confidence about the future direction of an asset like bitcoin. But there has been a clear pattern to rallies in recent years https://t.co/62CdaecojE ...

As host nations, Mexico, the United States and Canada will all compete in the 2026 World Cup. The review of their free-trade deal will be uglier https://t.co/PdeEZF90CA ...

Donald Trump has no desire to play global cop. That is tough on Denmark, a loyal sheriff’s deputy https://t.co/v48NvkNMgc ...

The Saudis will keep the prospect of normalisation on the table: it’s a useful carrot to dangle in front of American lawmakers. But they’re serious when they say Israel will have to pay a price for recognition https://t.co/wC0l1FefGS ...