EU-China relations in 2025, with Abigaël Vasselier
Abigaël Vasselier, Director Policy & European Affairs at MERICS, just returned from a trip to Washington DC where she discussed transatlantic China policies with US counterparts. In this conversation ...
24 Jan 202530min
China’s economy in 2025, with Max Zenglein
China’s economy ended 2024 on a stronger-than-expected note. GDP expanded by 5.4 percent in the fourth quarter, bringing full-year growth to five percent – exactly as forecasted by the Chinese leaders...
23 Jan 202514min
China and the race for quantum leadership, with Antonia Hmaidi and Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau
China is vying for leadership in quantum research and applications. But it is still early days, and front runners and technical approaches have not yet been consolidated. Johannes Heller-John talks to...
10 Jan 202526min
Beijing's politics of history, with Daniel Leese
Chinese history – while containing a wealth of cultural, scientific and social achievements – has always been deeply political: China’s emperors tasked scholars to rewrite the past and document the pr...
20 Des 202426min
China is dominating exports, but lacking in global integration, with François Chimits
China’s dominance in industrial exports leads to an overestimation of its global role. This is the conclusion of a new report called: “China is the world’s factory – but less integrated into the globa...
6 Des 202437min
Fighting local government debt, with Victor Shih and Max Zenglein
After months of weak economic performance, Beijing has introduced a series of measures aimed at stabilizing the economy. They include a 10 trillion yuan local government debt restructuring package. T...
29 Nov 202435min
China and Trump's election victory, with Jude Blanchette and Katja Drinhausen
What will the renewed election of Donald Trump to the White House mean for the United States’ already complicated relations with China? How does China discuss Trump, both on an informal and expert lev...
22 Nov 202431min
Europe’s resilience vis-à-vis China, with Grzegorz Stec and Helena Legarda
Building resilience, i.e., the ability to manage risks without compromising long-term development, is at the heart of Europe’s adjustment of its China policy. To contribute to this process, we recentl...
15 Nov 202428min
