Ben Cowling: February 09, 2023
China’s Covid crisis: Is the worst behind us or a second wave imminent? Wacht Video here PPT Slides 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...William Klein: February 02, 2023
The US-China relationship in the Year of the Rabbit Wacht Video here 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...
Chris Miller: November 30, 2022
Wacht Video here CHIP WAR: THE US-CHINA RIVALRY OVER SEMICONDUCTORS 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...
Bruce Dickson: November 10, 2022
Click here to watch 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...