National People’s Congress 2024: The state implements the party’s decisions, with Nis Grünberg and Jacob Gunter
The National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, has held its yearly session in Beijing from the 5th to the 11th of March. This episode looks at what we have learned from this year's NPC...
12 Mar 202421min
Resuming the EU-China people to people dialogue, with Jean-Louis Rocca, Katja Drinhausen and Abigaël Vasselier
The high-level EU-China people-to-people dialogue is planned to be resumed this spring. The last installment happened in 2020, and this podcast episode looks at the relevance and aims of the format an...
7 Mar 202433min
The challenge of obtaining information from China, with Vincent Brussee
Obtaining crucial information from and on China is becoming increasingly difficult for governments, businesses and researchers alike. “Geopolitics is a big factor,” says MERICS Associate Fellow Vincen...
26 Feb 202419min
The rise of China’s high-tech SMEs, with Alexander Brown and François Chimits
Beijing’s industrial policy increasingly puts the focus on the cultivation of high-tech small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This MERICS Podcast episode looks at the emergence of China’s “Little...
9 Feb 202432min
EU-China relations in 2024, with Abigaël Vasselier
What are the most pressing issues in EU-China relations in 2024? What does Europe need to focus on in managing relations with China? How might China seek to exploit the campaign season, in which Europ...
26 Jan 202424min
Taiwan presidential elections, with Angela Köckritz
Shortly before the presidential elections on January 13, author and journalist – and former MERICS Senior Policy Fellow – Angela Köckritz travelled to Taiwan to follow the debates on the ground. In th...
11 Jan 202433min
Chinese hacking activities, with Antonia Hmaidi
China is an important source of cyberattacks on Europe and institutional changes have created a more flexible and sophisticated state-affiliated Chinese hacking scene. What differentiates Chinese hack...
5 Jan 202428min
Austria, Denmark, Ireland, and their relations with China, with Alexander Davey, Lucas Erlbacher and Andreas Forsby
European countries have become more aligned on how to deal with China in the past years, but national approaches towards the country still vary. In this episode, we zoom in on Austria, Denmark, and Ir...
8 Des 202339min
