INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Global Indo-Pacific alliance: China, the dragon in the Quad room 5 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
THE CONVERSATION How big companies are targeting middle income countries to boost ultra-processed food sales 5 min 1 By Edwin Kwong, Joanna Williams, Phillip Baker, Rob Moodie and Thiago M Santos
BUSINESS MAVERICK OP-ED Is China going to teach the West an economic trick or two? 4 min 1 By Sharon Wood
ANALYSIS How seriously should we take the claim of a possible Chinese spy in Parliament? 5 min 14 By Rebecca Davis
OP–ED Why the Bangladeshi taka is now the South African rand’s most important cross-rate (Part One) 8 min 6 By Michael Power
GEOPOLITICS Afghanistan: The ghosts of interventions past – was it all worth it? 13 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
OUR BURNING PLANET WEBINAR China in Africa: Unpacking ‘crimes’ against the Earth 7 min 3 By Tiara Walters
DM168 GLOBAL VIEWS Cyber Cold War: US pussyfoots around alleged cyberattacks by Russia and China 7 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
BUSINESS MAVERICK OP-ED First-in, first-out China still an engine of growth for emerging markets 4 min 0 By Sharon Wood
OP-ED Great powers’ scramble for Africa presents a golden opportunity 6 min 0 By Ekeminiabasi Eyita-Okon and Sizo Nkala
LETTER TO THE EDITOR China’s political system is the choice of history and of the Chinese people 4 min 9 By Chen Xiaodong
DECLASSIFIED UK As the UK hypes the China ‘threat’, it sells the country billions in military-related equipment 4 min 1 By Mark Curtis
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED Time for South Africa to take a fresh look at the DRC 10 min 11 By Dave Martin
A VROOM WITH A VIEW The motor dragon: China's shift to electric vehicles will rev up a revolution 5 min 0 By Alexander Parker
OP-ED The tangled roots of the alarming rise in bigotry against Asian-Americans 4 min 1 By John Hinshaw and David Monyae
OP-ED Pandemic opens the door for a game-changing approach to South African policymaking 4 min 0 By Jason Bell
OP-ED Artificial intelligence and emerging technologies are powerful tools – but can be bad for democracy 5 min 0 By Bhaso Ndzendze and Tshilidzi Marwala
BUSINESS MAVERICK 168 South Africa’s chrome sector, like its coal counterpart, is becoming increasingly opaque 5 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED Covid vaccine diplomacy: Look closer to home rather than to the East or West 5 min 0 By Funeka Yazini April
Maverick Citizen: Southern Africa Human Rights Roundup #31 From ‘shithole countries’ to ‘reciprocal respect’: Biden’s rise to power and Africa’s expectations 5 min 0 By Arnold Tsunga
