Commentary The loss of the federal seat of Aston by the centre-right Liberal party is, unfortunately, simply the latest chapter in a saga of defeat and decline. Consider the record. In the past few years, the Liberals have lost government in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. They have also failed to…

Commentary The loss of the federal seat of Aston by the centre-right Liberal Party is, unfortunately, simply the latest chapter in a saga of defeat and decline. Consider the record. In the past few years, the Liberals have lost government in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. They have also failed to…

NEW DELHI—Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has intensified factional conflicts within the Chinese Communist Party as maneuvering for influence gathers pace ahead of an important Party meeting later this year, according to sinologists. Over the past days, the Chinese communist leadership gathered in Beijing for its annual “Two Sessions” meetings of the regime’s rubber-stamp legislature and…