2025 Issue 36

In collaboration with Russian President Putin, Xi Jinping is using the 80^th anniversary of the end of the Second World War to bolster their claims to remake the international order.  Bert Hofman, Professor at the national University of Singapore and former World Bank China Director, provides a full analysis of Xi’s Tianjin Declaration following the summit SCO leaders.

As Xi and other dictators were meeting, the New York Times cover the story of a Chinese activist in Chongqing who set up a pro-democracy protest to run remoting and then filmed PRC police trying to shut it down.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) released a report on major sports brands that rely on forced labor to manufacture their products.