EU–China relations disintegrating on autopilot
Author: Andrei Lungu, RISAP In early December 2022, President of the European Council Charles Michel travelled to Beijing for his…
US–China relations have become a disaster in the making
Author: Jia Qingguo, Peking University In his online meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in November 2021, US President Joe…
Beijing’s BRI influence over the UN Human Rights Council
Author: Anna Hayes, JCU As a United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) member state, China has a responsibility to promote…
Drawing lessons from China’s healthcare development
Authors: Wenhui Mao and Ipchita Bharali, Duke University China has translated its economic development into improved social welfare. China’s quest…
No vaccine for the challenges coughing up for China
Author: Kerry Brown, King’s College London 2022 was dominated by three issues for China. The first was the ongoing struggle…
Great power competition has shifted in the United States’ favour
Author: Ryan Hass, Brookings Institution At the start of 2022, China’s economy appeared strong, Beijing seemed to have contained the…
China’s authoritarian rule brings short-term gains but long-term pains to its climate policy
Author: Hao Tan, University of Newcastle At the recent 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese President…
Interpreting China’s policy directions beyond the CCP’s rhetoric
Author: Fengming Lu, ANU The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s congresses often represent important historical milestones, yet they are highly performative.…
Japan–China relations back on track
Author: Shin Kawashima, University of Tokyo At a Japan–China summit on 17 November 2022, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and…
Chinese influence in a changing Central Asia
Author: Alessandro Arduino, NUS Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Beijing’s influence in Eurasia has been expanding. But while the reduced…