2025 Issue 25

Australia’s Sky News released a documentary about Australian journalist Cheng Lei who was wrongfully detained by the Chinese Communist Party for three years.

Xi Jinping held a summit with the rulers of Central Asian states where they committed to a treaty of friendship, further undermining Russia’s influence in the former Soviet Republics.

The conflict in the Middle East risks major disruptions for the PRC’s energy needs as Iran provides the PRC with nearly two million barrels of oil a day.