China's foreign policy, with Akio Takahara
China’s foreign policy has grown more assertive and confident under the leadership of Xi Jinping. How has China’s foreign policy evolved and what does this mean for European interests? Johannes Heller...
2 Aug 202431min
A lack of new ideas at the third plenum, with Alexander Davey
The Chinese leadership has met in Beijing for the long awaited Third Plenum - a key meeting happening once in five years of the formally highest authority of the Chines Communist Party, the Central Co...
22 Jul 202416min
The Third Plenum and debates about China’s economic future, with Kristin Shi-Kupfer and Katja Drinhausen
The long awaited third plenary session of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party will kick off on July 15. In the four-day meeting its 376 members will vote on programmatic decisions pre...
5 Jul 202430min
Taiwan and cross-Strait relations in a year of elections, with Bonnie Glaser and Abigaël Vasselier
As the status quo in the Taiwan Strait is increasingly unstable, what can we expect from Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te when it comes to navigating relations with China? How will the results of t...
14 Jun 202435min
China steps up investments in Hungary, with Alexander Brown and Gregor Sebastian
Chinese investment in Europe has hit a new low according to a new study by MERICS and Rhodium Group on China’s Foreign Direct Overseas Investment in the 27 EU member states and the UK. It is the lowes...
5 Jun 202430min
China and the European Parliament election, with Ivana Karásková and Grzegorz Stec
Ahead of the European Parliament election on June 6-9, 2024, this episode looks at the role of the European Parliament in EU-China relations and the possible impact of the election results on the Euro...
31 Mai 202434min
Finding a European answer to the China-Russia partnership, with Alice Ekman and Helena Legarda
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is set to visit Beijing in May to meet with China’s leader Xi Jinping. This will be Putin's first foreign trip after his reinauguration on May 7. The meeting will be...
9 Mai 202435min
Science and technology at the NPC, with Barry Naughton and Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau
In this year’s government work report at the National People's Congress, the issue of science and technology was mentioned more often than any other. Why does the Chinese government put so much focus ...
19 Mar 202434min
