China's advances in rail, sea and air transportation sectors, with Alexander Brown and Gregor Sebastian
China has extended its High-Speed Rail network from about 9.000 to 42.000 km of tracks with a fleet of Chinese made trains running on it. The first fully domestically engineered passenger aircraft C91...
7 Jul 202333min
Analyzing scenarios for Xi Jinping’s third term, with Bernhard Bartsch
Dealing with China is becoming increasingly difficult for German and European politics and business. In this episode MERICS Director Communications and Publications Claudia Wessling talks to MERICS Di...
26 Jun 202315min
Öffentliche Debatten in China nach der Pandemie, mit Kristin Shi-Kupfer und Katja Drinhausen
Im Dezember 2022 beendete die chinesische Regierung jäh ihre Null-Covid Politik. Wie hat sich der Raum für öffentliche Debatten im letzten Jahr verändert? Wie werden Chinas Ambitionen und Herausforder...
18 Jun 202323min
The MIT China Strategy, with Michael Laha and Taylor Fravel
In this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, former MERICS German Chancellor fellow Michael Laha talks to Prof. Taylor Fravel, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor in Political Science at the Massachusetts...
2 Jun 202329min
Chinese investment in Europe hits decade low, with Agatha Kratz and Gregor Sebastian
In 2022, Chinese global outbound foreign direct investment (or FDI) has fallen to an 8-year low. Accordingly, figures for Chinese investment in Europe are also down, hitting the lowest mark since 2013...
12 Mai 202326min
Transatlantic tech cooperation vis-à-vis China, with Rebecca Arcesati and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama
How to handle relations with China is an important aspect of the trade and tech coordination between the EU and the US. Ahead of the coming Trade and Technology Council (TTC) meeting in late May, we a...
5 Mai 202343min
Fragmentation of the internet, with Kai von Carnap
The internet is the great connector that brings together people from around the world. For now, it is governed by a fairly standardized set of rules and principles of technology. However, this may be ...
31 Mar 202326min
How to understand what the CCP is saying, with Katja Drinhausen and Malin Oud
The Chinese Communist Party has long shaped China’s domestic debates and its value system. At the same time, Beijing increasingly acts as an important norm-entrepreneur in international forums and pre...
17 Mar 202326min
