Americas9 min read
Why Trump Wants the Panama Canal
Donald Trump says China runs the Panama Canal and that the United States is taking it back. Here is what he wants, how Panama and China have answered, and what has actually changed.
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China
Asia-Pacific12 min read
Why Does China Want Taiwan?
Beijing calls Taiwan an inalienable part of China and says 'reunification' is unstoppable. Here is the history, the strategy and the geography behind the claim, and why Taipei, Washington and Tokyo see it differently.
Asia-Pacific10 min read
The South China Sea Dispute Explained
China claims nearly all of the South China Sea. Five other claimants contest parts of it, and a 2016 tribunal rejected Beijing's historic-rights claim. Here is who claims what, what the law says and why the shoals off the Philippines keep flaring.