G7 mulls a message to China: the West ain’t over just yet

The Group of Seven rich democracies will on Tuesday discuss ways of countering challenges from China and Russia without trying to contain Beijing or escalate tension with the Kremlin, two of its top diplomats said. Founded in 1975 as a forum for the West’s richest nations to discuss crises such as the OPEC oil embargo, […]

Analysis: Beijing huddles with friends, seeks to fracture U.S.-led ‘clique’

China is shoring up ties with autocratic partners like Russia and Iran, as well as economically dependent regional countries, while using sanctions and threats to try to fracture the alliances the United States is building against it. Worryingly for Beijing, diplomats and analysts say, the Biden administration has got other democracies to toughen up to […]