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
National People’s Congress 2024: The state implements the party’s decisions, with Nis Grünberg and Jacob Gunter
The National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, has held its yearly session in Beijing from the 5th to the 11th of March. This episode looks at what we have learned from this year's NPC...
12 Mar 202421min
Resuming the EU-China people to people dialogue, with Jean-Louis Rocca, Katja Drinhausen and Abigaël Vasselier
The high-level EU-China people-to-people dialogue is planned to be resumed this spring. The last installment happened in 2020, and this podcast episode looks at the relevance and aims of the format an...
7 Mar 202433min
