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Conor Skehan Opinion Three things we need to change now to prepare our economy for a very different future

Headlines about housing, energy, inflation, interest rates and banking all have one thing in common: these problems are caused by international events that are far outside Irish control.

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Andreas Kluth Opinion China should see through Vladimir Putin’s latest nuclear ploy and call him out on it

Only days ago, Chinese president Xi Jinping was paying Russian president Vladimir Putin a visit – to discuss their collaboration, but also to talk him out of nuclear escalation and into a peace process with Kyiv. Then Putin did the exact opposite.

‘Dear friends’ Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping talk peace but blame West for war in Ukraine

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin emerged from two days of talks yesterday with warm words of friendship between China and Russia and joint criticism of the West, but no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough over Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin tells Xi Jinping he will consider Ukraine peace plan as ‘dear friends’ meet in Moscow

Vladimir Putin admitted to being “slightly envious” of China as he told Xi Jinping he would consider Beijing’s proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine at the beginning of a high-stakes summit in the Kremlin.

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Malachi O'Doherty Opinion Democracy as we know it is being bent out of shape by men like Boris Johnson and Donald Trump

Today – Tuesday – Donald Trump expects to be arrested. Tomorrow, Boris Johnson will be brought before the privileges committee at Westminster and cross-examined on his lies to parliament and his flouting of the lockdown rules which he imposed on the rest of his country.

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Is Vladimir Putin desperate enough to let China’s Xi Jinping get his way over Ukraine war?

Outwardly the summit in Moscow between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping is an attempt to send a strong signal to the West that the “partnership without limits” agreement – signed between the two men at the Beijing Winter Olympics on the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 – is still just that.

Xi Jinping confirms trip to Russia as it emerges China is sending rifles

Chinese president Xi Jinping will embark on a three-day trip to Moscow in an apparent show of support for Vladimir Putin.

International Criminal Court to target Russian officials for forcibly deporting children from Ukraine

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is planning to seek the arrest of Russian officials for forcibly deporting children from Ukraine and targeting civilian infrastructure, a source said yesterday, on in what would be the first international war crimes cases arising from Moscow’s invasion.

Chinese army will become a great wall of steel, says Xi Jinping as he begins third term

Xi Jinping has promised to build China’s military into a “great wall of steel” in his first speech since he secured an unprecedented third five-year term as president.

Letters to the Editor Opinion St Patrick’s Day is a chance to show our true colours and lay out the welcome mat

With St Patrick’s Day approaching I hope the anti-refugee “Ireland is full/get them out” lobby will reflect on what it really means to be Irish.

Was Covid caused by an accidental lab leak? The theory that has come in from the cold

For almost two years Covid-19 completely disrupted our lives and made us prisoners in our own homes. It killed almost seven million people directly and millions more indirectly and caused major dislocation to the global economy.

China warns it could be even more aggressive over Taiwan

China has warned Taiwan it would take even more aggressive “countermeasures” than last summer’s unprecedented military drills if the island’s president meets with a senior American politician as planned next month.

Letters to the Editor Opinion Posturing of China and Russia is not fooling anyone

While China prevaricates and plays for time with a completely outdated formula for peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Russia appears to be on the verge of going postal in reply to European support for the regime in Kyiv.

Anthony Blinken heads to Asia for key G20 talks as tensions mount with Russia and China

Fresh from a meeting with China’s top diplomat and a UN Security Council session on Ukraine, US secretary of state Antony Blinken will travel to Central and South Asia next week for international talks that will put him in the same room as his Chinese and Russian counterparts.

Russia and China ‘can stabilise the world’, says Vladimir Putin as joint military drills are launched

Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Moscow and Beijing can “stabilise” the world as he hosted a top Chinese official during joint military drills.

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Jessica Chen-Weiss Opinion Could we see a war over Taiwan? Stakes too high to allow blundering balloons and political bluster derail US-China relations

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met in Munich against the backdrop of growing concern – conviction even – that war between the United States and China could be coming.

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Josh Rogin Opinion US seeks a reset with China – but is slapped down

The Biden administration came to the Munich conference eagerly courting a reset with China, but in public and in private, Beijing’s top diplomat rejected the overture.

Billionaire Chinese banker Bao Fan is latest top executive to vanish amid corruption crackdown

Chinese dealmaker Bao Fan, founder of investment bank China Renaissance Holdings Ltd, has gone missing in the latest disappearance of a top business executive, unnerving investors and sending its stock down as much as 50pc yesterday.

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Sean O'Grady Opinion Donald Trump gets more immature with age and it only serves to make him more dangerous

He’s back again. Okay, he never went away, but he was quieter for a while. Yet, like a giant tangerine balloon hovering across the skies of the world, Donald J Trump is omnipresent.

China’s super-rich flock to tax-friendly Singapore amid Xi Jinping’s crackdown

Singapore is emerging as a playground for Chinese millionaires who are snapping up high-end properties, luxury cars and private club memberships as they dodge Xi Jinping’s clampdown on the elite.

US Navy finds Chinese balloon debris as search of sea floor continues for package ‘the size of jet’

Using underwater drones, warships and inflatable vessels, the Navy is carrying out an extensive operation to gather all of the pieces of the massive Chinese spy balloon a US fighter jet shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.

Second Chinese ‘spy’ balloon spotted – this time over Latin America

A second Chinese spy balloon was spotted over Latin America yesterday, as Beijing tried to play down the devices’ significance and told the US to stay “cool-headed”.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls off China visit due to ‘spy balloon’ floating over US airspace

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a visit to China that had been expected to start yesterday after a Chinese spy balloon was tracked flying across the United States in what US officials called a “clear violation” of US sovereignty.

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Martin Wolf’s fascinating and foreboding exposition of how democracy fell victim to free trade and autocrats

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism begins with a brief history lesson. Martin Wolf recalls how the geopolitical map of the world looked during the mid to late 1990s. The future was full of hope and progress. At least from a western perspective.

‘A big psychological blow’ – population of China falls for first time in 60 years

China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, according to government data that has alarmed policymakers and cast doubt on the country’s economic prospects.

Xi’s U-turn leaves Ireland exposed to new Covid-19 strains

Around December 2019 an unnamed disease began rampaging through Wuhan. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)lied to everyone about its infectious nature. It caused a global pandemic in which up to 18 million people died, billions of lives were upended, and the global economy fell off a cliff. Three years later, could it happen all over again?

Covid chaos in China as wave of infections hits hospitals hard

China is battling a massive wave of infections after scrapping three years of zero-Covid curbs.

Putin says Russia expects China leader Xi Jinping to make state visit in spring; drone strikes hit Kyiv

Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to make a state visit to Russia in spring 2023, in what would be a public show of solidarity from Beijing amid Russia's flailing military campaign in Ukraine.

Editorial Opinion Putin plays the victim as Pope decries ‘senseless’ war

Two very different messages were heard over the past 48 hours. One was weighted with hope and possibility, while the other came from a place of cold, cynical opportunism.

‘Life has gone from bad to worse’ – Chinese hospitals struggle with Covid surge after curbs rolled back

Chinese hospitals scrambled to contain emerging outbreaks across the country as authorities rolled back more than two years of Covid-19 controls.