China’s new world order: looking for clues from Xi’s recent meetings with foreign leaders
Apr 22, 2024 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
There is broad consensus that Chinese foreign policy has become more assertive and more centralised in the decade since Xi Jinping has ascended to the top of Chinas leadership. This has also meant that Chinese foreign...
Why China’s economy has hit a wall
Mar 20, 2024 12:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Chinas annual parliamentary meetings in Beijing came to a close on March 11. They were conducted under great pressure: a weak economy and high expectations from both the domestic public and international observers as to...
Feb 14, 2024 02:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
China has announced that in 2023 its population declined from 1.4118 to 1.4097 billion people. Forecasting by the UN suggests Chinas population will dip to 1.313 billion by 2050 and then down to about 800 million by 2100....
China: why there has been a sudden 'surge' of antisemitism in the People's Republic
Nov 19, 2023 05:56 am UTC| Politics
During the conflict between Hamas and Israel in Gaza, many nations have tried to maintain a neutral stance by not explicitly supporting either side. But despite attempts at balanced commentaries at the top of business and...
Oct 27, 2023 15:03 pm UTC| Politics
Chinas Belt and Road Initiative, which now includes 44 African countries, got under way 10 years ago. President Xi Jinping launched it in 2013 with a first speech in Kazakhstan and a second one in Indonesia. The initiative...
China's youth unemployment problem has become a crisis we can no longer ignore
Oct 09, 2023 12:53 pm UTC| Economy
Youth unemployment is a global problem, but in China the rate - 21.3% - is particularly alarming, not just because its high, but because it could affect other economies and geopolitical relations. The release of the...
China's new anti-espionage law is sending a chill through foreign corporations and citizens alike
Sep 28, 2023 02:51 am UTC| Politics Law
Earlier this year, China updated its anti-espionage law amid an intensifying rivalry with the US and growing distrust of the Western-led international order. The law broadens the scope beyond what it originally sought...
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