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 […]

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 […]

Next week China holds its 3rd Belt and Road Forum, celebrating the initiative’s 10th anniversary. We take this as an opportunity to have a closer look at China's huge infrastructure project together with the economist and former FCCC member Christoph Nedopil.  About the speaker: Christoph Nedopil is the director of the Griffith Asia Institute and a […]

The past is a battleground in many countries, but in China it is crucial to political power. In traditional China, dynasties rewrote history to justify their rule by proving that their predecessors were unworthy of holding power. Marxism gave this a modern gloss, describing history as an unstoppable force heading toward Communism’s triumph. The Chinese […]