China’s move to set up a global force in the strategic rare earth sector could help it pre-empt and respond to future external challenges, including trade...
Author: Pan Wang, UNSW Since the mid-2000s, China’s street parks have become new tourist attractions and popular venues for marriage matchmaking. Organised by parent volunteers attempting...
Author: Davis Florick, Missouri State University Chinese interference has negatively impacted Cambodian politics and allowed Prime Minister Hun Sen to lean more fully into authoritarianism. As...
China’s financial regulators have vowed to better supervise foreign exchange markets while taking a “zero-tolerance” approach to illegal transactions, as the yuan’s exchange rate has recently...
Author: Olivia Cheung, SOAS University of London On 15 November 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden held their first virtual meeting. According...
Author: Jon Yuan Jiang Since 2019, more than 40 protests were held against ‘Chinese expansion’ in Central Asia. Yet Central Asian elites have hardly had a...
While overall income growth among many Chinese has yet to recover from the impact of the pandemic, demand among China’s lower-income groups is likely to remain...
Author: Evan Laksmana, NUS The outlines of the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy are emerging. Public comments from administration figures indicate that the US is seeking to...
Author: Editorial Board, ANU There will be no resolution of the big problems of our age without the big powers, notably the United States and China,...