China Brief A weekly digest of the stories you should be following in China, plus exclusive analysis. Delivered Tuesday. China Doesn’t Always Win When the U.S. Loses The Iran war exposes the limits of zero-sum thinking about great powers. Palmer-James-foreign-policy-columnist20 James Palmer By James Palmer, a deputy editor at Foreign Policy. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are seen ahead of a bilateral meeting in Busan, South Korea. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are seen ahead of a bilateral meeting in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Geopolitics United...