Diminishing returns on real estate threaten Chinese economic growth
Beijing must embrace major fiscal reforms to pivot away from a construction growth model that no longer functions as intended.…
The false logic of sanctions as deterrents
Author: Tom Westland, Wageningen University In February 2022, a war began between Russia and Ukraine. On paper, the odds were…
Buy America and subsidies mix with national security to see off the rules based order
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Today the global trade system faces three systemic challenges. None are new, but strategic competition between…
China keeps tech firms on a short leash
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Your friends on the left will always be ready to tell you about the supposed contradictions…
Chinese big tech still sits in the Party’s sights
Author: Yvette To, City University of Hong Kong As China lifts COVID-19 restrictions and returns to normalcy, prospects for private…
Dealing with China’s polycrisis
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Those paying attention to the World Economic Forum in Davos will doubtless have heard the latest…
Weak domestic demand now threatens China’s growth potential
Author: Yang Yao, PKU Forecasts for China’s economic growth in 2023 diverge widely. While international organisations and China watchers abroad…
Asia’s response to US trashing of the rules-based international trading system
Author: Editorial Board, ANU The end of 2022 left no doubt that the Biden administration in Washington had joined its…
An inflection point in US trade policy
Author: William Reinsch, CSIS December 2022 highlighted how much US trade policy has changed in recent years. It is tempting…
China’s economic outlook in the post-zero-COVID era
Author: Jiao Wang, University of Melbourne The Chinese economy had yet another extraordinary year in 2022. After strong growth of…