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Long and winding road ahead for China’s EV sector 

September 24, 2023September 12, 2023 by Alicia Garcia-Herrero
Attendees view electric cars at the Chengdu Motor Show.

Chinese electric vehicles now face weak domestic demand and heightened geopolitical risk

Categories Commentary Tags Bruegel, China, Electric Vehicles, European Union, Industrial Policy, News, United States Leave a comment

How to solve the ‘made in China’ economic crisis 

September 4, 2023August 23, 2023 by Richard Haass

Beijing must choose between staying the course, changing course or changing the conversation

Categories Commentary Tags China, Council on Foreign Relations, Economic Challenges, Intellectual Property, News, Political Liberalization, Taiwan Invasion Leave a comment

Xi has suffered yet ‘another embarrassing setback’

August 3, 2023August 2, 2023 by Ian Johnson

His judgment at the top of the Party has again been called into question after the Qin Gang fiasco

Categories Commentary Tags Communist Party of China, Council on Foreign Relations, News, President Xi Jinping, Qin Gang, Zero-Covid Policy Leave a comment

Caught in a balance of power shift with China

October 31, 2022August 29, 2022 by John P Ruehl

In an era of closer Sino-Russian collaboration, Washington is being squeezed by Beijing and Moscow

Categories Commentary Tags China, News, Russia, Taiwan Question, Ukraine Crisis, United States Leave a comment

China’s priority must be to stabilize the economy

July 28, 2022July 26, 2022 by Yu Yongding

The steady weakening in growth does not demonstrate the inevitability of the country’s economic decline

Categories Commentary Tags ChinaFactor, Covid-19 Pandemic, East Asia Forum, GDP Growth, News, Slowing Growth Leave a comment

Beijing will be the real winner of the Ukraine war

August 1, 2022July 15, 2022 by Robert M Dover

Why we need to understand the ‘immense threat’ to the West posed by the Chinese Communist Party

Categories Commentary Tags AI Threats, Beijing, China, News, Russia, The Conversation, The Long Read, Ukraine War, United States Leave a comment

Sino-Russian ties strengthen the Quad’s resolve

March 9, 2022February 15, 2022 by Lavina Lee

Australia, Japan, India and US show collective strength against the ‘authoritarian challenge’ to the world order

Categories Commentary Tags China, ChinaFactor, Geopolitical Tension, News, President Xi Jinping, Russia, The Conversation, The Long Read, The Quad Leave a comment

Pearl Harbor attack offers haunting lessons for today

December 15, 2021December 6, 2021 by Patricia A O'Brien

China’s growing influence has slowly focused geopolitical attention back to the Pacific Islands

Categories Commentary Tags China, Japan, News, Pacific Fleet, The Conversation, United States, World War II Leave a comment

President Xi Jinping plays the power politics card

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by Tony Walker

His speech at the Boao Forum was clearly designed to emphasize China’s global leadership aspirations

Categories Commentary Tags Balance of Power, Beijing, Boao Forum Asia, China, Global Governance, The Long Read, United States, Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Beijing’s war against foreign media has backfired

April 20, 2021April 13, 2021 by Tony Walker

China’s bluster against the western press may play to nationalist sentiments at home but it has bombed overseas

Categories Commentary Tags 2022 Winter Olympics, BBC, CGTN, China, Damaging Criticism, Media, The Long Read Leave a comment
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