China’s southern borders with Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar are human-made lines across jungle terrain, not natural defenses.

China now imports more food and oil than it exports, exposing its economy to foreign powers.

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Tibet is China’s strategic shield. Without it, India would sit directly against China’s populated…

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Tibet is China’s water-security fortress. Both the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers receive water from…

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The geography that powered China’s rise is also making the country more vulnerable as its power…

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China’s global expansion is driven less by ambition than by the need to sustain an economy too…

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China has failed to win over Tibet’s native population, so demographic integration serves a…

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Tibet extends China’s effective border to the Himalayas, yet its terrain lacks infrastructure for…

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Africa has become China’s external resource base, supplying minerals, oil, and food through…

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