Why are semiconductors a critical area of contestation between China and the United States? Today, China spends as much money importing chips as it does importing oil, while the U.S. is trying to cut off access to the most advanced chips and chipmaking tools. Both countries' militaries realize that the future of military power will depend […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to make a short, in-person trip to the PRC in early February - the highest-ranking US government officer to visit Beijing since the start of the global Covid pandemic. Blinken will be building on a slight rapprochman brokered on the sidelines of the G20 meeting last November […]
After the Chinese government in December dropped all Covid-restrictions the virus spread like wildfire – faster than many experts had predicted. Up to one billion people might have been infected already. Close to one million people might have died from or with Covid. But these are only rough estimates as the government doesn’t release ana […]
China conducted a long series of live-fire military drills after former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last year. With the current US House Speaker potentially planning another trip to Taiwan this spring, Dr. Ling examines the Chinese PLA’s current capabilities. How could the PLA project that strength across the Taiwan Strait? How […]
Matt Reynolds, a fellow in the Economics Program of the Center for Strategic & International Studies, and Matthew Goodman, a Senior Vice President at the Center, recently co-authored a paper on the ways in which China attempts to exert influence through economic coercion. Hear about their analysis of eight recent cases from Japan, Norway, the […]
Agatha will provide her view on the current state of EU-China relations, potential for transatlantic alignment on China issues, and evolutions in European business appetite in the China market. About the Speaker: Agatha Kratz is a Director at Rhodium Group. She heads Rhodium’s China corporate advisory team, as well as Rhodium’s research on European Union-China […]
Traffic on the Airport Expressway in Beijing has been worse than usual recently, as a procession of foreign dignitaries have visited the capital, including the Spanish and French premiers, as well as the President of the European Commission. Join Merics (Mercator Institute for China Studies) analysts Francesca Ghiretti and Greg Stec as they discuss what […]
Reporting on China has long been one of the most challenging and crucial of journalistic assignments. Foreign correspondents have confronted war, revolution, isolation, internal upheaval, and onerous government restrictions as well as barriers of language, culture, and politics. Mike Chinoy's new book, "Assignment China: An Oral History of American Journalists in the People's Republic," tells […]
This talk provides a candid account of how the Chinese citizenry currently thinks about other nations, and their relationship with China. It draws upon findings from the first iteration of the Chinese Citizens’ Global Perception Survey (CCGPS) conducted by the speaker in the first quarter of 2023. CCGPS 2023 is a national, representative survey looking […]
Working as a China correspondent means dealing with a very high threat environment for digital attacks and surveillance. The Chinese government has wide-ranging capabilities, both documented and theorised, and by the nature of your job, you are a high value target. The FCCC has put together a presentation which aims to teach you how to […]
The global battle among the three dominant digital powers—the United States, China, and the European Union—is intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world. Join us for a discussion with Professor […]
In 2019, when the Italian government signed a Memorandum of Understanding to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Italy was – and still is – the only member of the G7 to do so. Four years later Italy's Belt and Road romance is coming to an end. The current Italian government does not consider […]
