How to watch Taiwan’s election like a pro – POLITICO

TAIPEI — The stakes for Taiwan’s democracy could hardly be higher in a tight presidential election on January 13, with Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering an ominous New Year address in which he insisted “reunification of the motherland is a historical inevitability.” The vote cuts to the heart of a battle for regional influence between […]

How to Bottom Fish for Chinese Stocks in 2024

Chinese stocks did badly in 2023. And in 2022. And in 2021. Will this year finally be the year for a sustained rebound? With China’s property sector woes unresolved, betting on the market as a whole still looks risky—even though shares, particularly in Hong Kong, are trading at phenomenally cheap valuations. But that doesn’t mean […]

Why global leaders need to learn how to manage and limit immigration

No politician can be expected to tell us all of the truth. If they did so, they would lose an election even for town dogcatcher. Nonetheless it doesn’t seem too much to suggest, in this season of hope, that 2024 might go significantly better than 2023 if more of our leaders around the world acknowledged […]

How to deal with the global anti-climate backlash

The shift to electric cars is “a transition to hell” that will destroy “your beautiful way of life”, says Donald Trump. He is far from the only politician to oppose greenery. Rishi Sunak, Britain’s prime minister, has kicked plans to phase out petrol cars years into the future, saying: “It cannot be right…to impose such […]

U.S. and China diverge on how to avert military clashes

TOKYO — U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed the importance of communication at their summit in San Francisco on Nov. 15. At the talks, the two countries agreed to resume military dialogue and start discussions on climate change and regulation of artificial intelligence. That is good news, but the prospects for […]

Gold Price Hits an All-Time High. Here’s How to Invest, Buy the Metal

For many investors, gold is looking hot right now. The precious metal just touched an intraday record $2,135.39 an ounce thanks in part to its haven status: The more volatile the world gets, the better gold tends to do. Bullion has rallied almost 16% since early October, a surge that was initially sparked at the […]

Sen. Dan Sullivan on How to Deter a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

For the past three months I’ve been pressing my colleagues to significantly strengthen the weapons systems provided to Taiwan so it can prevail in a conflict in the Taiwan Strait (“How Joe Biden Can Deter China,” Review & Outlook, Nov. 18). The national security supplemental request that the White House sent to Congress in October […]