Assessing the MERICS China Forecast 2023, with Roderick Kefferpütz
2023 will be a critical year for China. The party leadership around Xi Jinping is faced with an unprecedented health crisis and a troubled economy, while it must balance its relationships with the US ...
27 Jan 202319min
China-Ukraine relations, with Yurii Poita
Since the invasion by Russia in February 2022, the quality and focus of Ukraine’s relationship with China has undergone important changes. China’s “pro-Russian neutrality” has given rise to a more cri...
3 Jan 202336min
The innovation chain in China, with Michael Laha
China’s ambitions of self-sufficiency, most notably embodied by its industrial policy Made in China 2025, are still hampered by a reliance on some key technologies dominated by a few companies based i...
16 Des 202217min
Outcomes of the National Party Congress, with Valarie Tan and Jacob Gunter
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, has been awarded with an unprecedented third term in power and has managed to fill the ranks of the inner circles of the CCP en...
25 Okt 202231min
Der 20. Parteitag der kommunistischen Partei, mit Nis Grünberg und Johnny Erling
Im Fokus des 20. Parteitags der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas steht dieses Jahr die Bestätigung von Chinas Staats- und Parteichef Xi Jinping in seinem Amt für eine dritte Amtszeit. Kontrovers wird die...
14 Okt 202225min
How China utilizes economic pressure, with Aya Adachi and Alexander Brown
With growing geopolitical tensions, economic relations with China are increasingly challenging. The term “economic coercion” is heard more often recently in connection with EU-China relations, as Chin...
23 Sep 202215min
Global views on China, with Helena Legarda and Jacob Gunter
Various crisis scenarios - above all Russia's war in Ukraine - are reinforcing the impression that the world is moving toward a new formation of blocs. At the same time, Beijing seeks to use its growi...
2 Sep 202231min
Öffentliche Debatten in China, mit Kristin Shi-Kupfer und Katja Drinhausen
Trotz Zensur und Kontrolle gibt es immer noch ein breites Spektrum an Meinungen in China. Wo liegen die Grenzen des Sagbaren, und wie verschieben sie sich? Was erlaubt die Regierung, und wann schreite...
4 Aug 202224min
