Maxime Marquette
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FACTCHECK: China is "Neutral" in the War — Dismantling a Calculated State Lie
Since February 24, 2022, every time a Western journalist, diplomat, or chancellor asks the burning question, Beijing's response drops with mechanical regularity:
COMMENTARY: China, the Greatest Threat to the West — Decoupling Is Inevitable
For years, the West told itself a reassuring story: China is certainly an aggressive competitor, but a rational trading partner. A country
ANALYSIS: The Yuan as a Weapon — How Beijing and Moscow are Shaking Dollar Hegemony
There was no declaration of war. No detonation, no satellite shot down, no missile launched. And yet, for three years, a battle
ANALYSIS: The Impossible Alliance — Beijing Supports Moscow and Spies on It Simultaneously
There are geopolitical truths so uncomfortable that they defy ordinary logic. Here is one of them, revealed in a series of leaks
PORTRAIT: Guo Jiakun, the Voice of Denial—The Spokesman Defending Beijing Against Moscow
On January 6, 2025, a 44-year-old man takes his place behind the lectern of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's
ANALYSIS: Beijing, the US-Iran Deal, and the Great Taiwanese Calculation — What the ISW Reveals
On June 18, 2026, the Institute for the Study of War published its weekly China & Taiwan Update. On paper, it is
REPORT: The China-EU Trade Abyss Pushes Brussels Toward a Strategic Rupture
One billion euros. Every day. This is not a metaphor, it is not an alarmist extrapolation: it is the rate at which
DECODED: Beijing vs. London — China's Diplomatic Counterstrike and What It Really Reveals
On June 16, 2026, the British government announced a new sanctions package targeting support networks for the Russian war machine. Among the
ANALYSIS: The Art of the Swarm — How Europe Can Finally Say No to Beijing
On June 17, 2026, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) published a document that would shake Brussels diplomatic circles: "The Art