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 Maj 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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 202433min
The challenge of obtaining information from China, with Vincent Brussee
Obtaining crucial information from and on China is becoming increasingly difficult for governments, businesses and researchers alike. “Geopolitics is a big factor,” says MERICS Associate Fellow Vincen...
26 Feb 202419min
The rise of China’s high-tech SMEs, with Alexander Brown and François Chimits
Beijing’s industrial policy increasingly puts the focus on the cultivation of high-tech small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This MERICS Podcast episode looks at the emergence of China’s “Little...
9 Feb 202432min
EU-China relations in 2024, with Abigaël Vasselier
What are the most pressing issues in EU-China relations in 2024? What does Europe need to focus on in managing relations with China? How might China seek to exploit the campaign season, in which Europ...
26 Jan 202424min
Taiwan presidential elections, with Angela Köckritz
Shortly before the presidential elections on January 13, author and journalist – and former MERICS Senior Policy Fellow – Angela Köckritz travelled to Taiwan to follow the debates on the ground. In th...
11 Jan 202433min
