The charge is false; the U.S. has funded programs to destroy old bioweapons, not produce new ones. There’s a contradiction at the heart of China’s foreign policy.... But the way it calculates its interests — giving top priority to reducing the global influence of the United States — makes neutrality on issues involving Russia, its biggest ally, almost impossible.... “ China may want to avoid that.” One limit that hasn’t seemed to affect China’s policies, though, is Beijing’s long-standing adhe

Your support helps us to tell the storyRead moreSupport NowFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.... And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls.... On Wednesday, it called the tariffs" unfair, unjustified and unreasonable," vowing to" take all actions necessary to protect its national interests." But New Delhi knows that any further es

“ If the government changed their approach, and there were lots of cases and deaths, then there would also be very high costs, ” he said.“ International diplomacy is a consideration, but it is not the top priority, which is domestic security, ” he added.... Enthusiasm over an unexpected but mostly aspirational promise of cooperation with the United States was dampened by China and India’s push to ensure that the COP26 agreement used the term “ phase down ” instead of “ phase out ” when addressi