Analytics | Asia

In just one year, a number of Chinese political and military high-ranking officials have disappeared and later died due to illnesses or suicides. We deliberately do not take into account the disappearance of Chinese billionaires, reporters, and others, as there wouldn’t be enough space to list them all...

In the early 2000s, the pace of China’s economic growth, along with its geographic and demographic indicators, already provided grounds to predict that "China’s claims to redistribute global resources and spheres of influence" could move beyond "purely theoretical discussions"...