Christopher K. Johnson is President and CEO of China Strategies Group, a political risk consulting firm, and Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Centre for China Analysis. Chris spent nearly two decades serving in the U.S. Government’s intelligence and foreign affairs communities. He worked as a senior China analyst at the CIA, where he […]
Germany’s growing dependence on the Chinese economy by Stefan Aust and Adrian Geiges Germany’s leading car manufacturer Volkswagen sells roughly half of its cars to Chinese customers. And it’s not the only company that has put big bets on China. No other European economy is as dependent on China as is Germany. At the same […]
On the eve of the 20th National Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Richard McGregor will share his thoughts and questions on China’s biggest political event. About our speaker: Richard McGregor is a Senior Fellow for East Asia at the Lowy Institute, Australia’s premier foreign policy think tank, in Sydney. A former Beijing and Washington […]
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With the conclusion of the 20th Party Congress, it is more clear than ever that the “reform and opening” era is now over. All of the core political, economic, and social aspects of the reform and opening policies have been rolled back or abandoned altogether. Where does that leave the CCP, and where is it […]
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 […]
This Thursday we have club drinks at Jing A CBD from 6:30pm. All colleagues and friends are welcome, with happy hour all night. It’s our first chance to get together after Xmas and CNY so it would be great to see as many people as possible. If you haven’t come to club drinks yet or […]
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 […]
This Thursday we have club drinks at Jing A CBD from 1830. It was great to see such a good turnout last month. As always all colleagues and friends welcome. If you haven’t come before (or been for a while) then please do join. Look forward to seeing you all there!
The Peking Express is an exciting and fast-paced story about China’s great train robbery of 1923 and full of banditry, political intrigue, heroism, and a reflection of the excesses of the Warlord Era in early 20th century China. The crisis — covered extensively in newspapers around the world — lasted for six weeks while the […]
