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Merz’s trip should not be viewed as a strategic pivot, but as a focused attempt to rebalance an increasingly uneven economic relationship. Despite talk of a “reset” in Sino-German relations, Merz’s ...

The Lede Reporting and commentary on what you need to know today. This is all welcome news in Beijing. For years, the Chinese Communist Party has tried, with middling success, to cast itself as a ...

The Trump administration said the Middle East would “recede” in importance as the China challenge took priority. But the president started the war in Iran. By Edward Wong Edward Wong reports on ...