
China in 25: USA und China bei der UN + TikTok + EUCCC-Positionspapier
„China in 25“ – in rund 25 Minuten sprechen Mikko Huotari, Bernhard Bartsch und Claudia Wessling über aktuelle Entwicklungen in China. In dieser Folge geht es darum, wie China seine Position als glob...
3 Okt 202527min

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a vehicle to promote narratives of China and Russia, with Claus Soong
From August 31 until September 1, China’s party and state leader Xi Jinping will chair the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Chinese port city Tianjin. Among the leaders exp...
29 Aug 202521min

China’s rise in biotechnology, with Alexander Brown and Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau
Biotechnology is strategically important because of its potential to transform humanity’s control over nature. Governments worldwide are racing to secure their positions in the field – and China is no...
18 Aug 202532min

China's rise to global tech leadership, with James Kynge
In this episode, long-time Financial Times journalist and former MERICS Senior Fellow James Kynge joins Johannes Heller-John to look at China’s technological development in the last decades and ahead ...
1 Aug 202519min

China aims for self-reliance in AI, with Wendy Chang and Antonia Hmaidi
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the way we live and work, and its potential use in military applications could alter the global balance of power. The Chinese Communist Party is taking note of thi...
22 Jul 202530min

„China in 25“: EU-China Beziehungen + BRICS-Gipfel + KI in China
„China in 25“ – in maximal 25 Minuten sprechen Mikko Huotari, Bernhard Bartsch und Claudia Wessling über aktuelle Entwicklungen in China. In dieser Folge geht es um die Beziehungen zwischen China und...
15 Jul 202525min

The 2025 EU-China summit, with Abigaël Vasselier
The next EU-China Summit will take place in Beijing at the end of this month. In this episode of our podcast, Abigaël Vasselier, Director of Policy and European Affairs and Head of Program for Foreign...
7 Jul 202524min

China’s National Security White Paper, with Katja Drinhausen und Helena Legarda
With an uncertain geopolitical environment and ongoing competition with the US and Europe, national security has become even more important than before in China. So much so that a National Security Wh...
4 Jul 202532min



















