Author: Dewi Fortuna Anwar, P2P-LIPI Southeast Asians are predisposed to welcome the Biden presidency after four years of tumultuous US foreign policy under Donald Trump. There...
Pressure from the G7 to force China to change its economic behaviour is “doomed to fail”, and Beijing might simply choose to ignore it if external...
Author: Jia Qingguo, Peking University In late 2017 China–US relations shifted dramatically when the Trump administration officially labelled China a strategic competitor. For various reasons the...
Author: Fredrik Fällman, University of Gothenburg 2020 ended on a sad note for China–Vatican relations. News emerged on 30 December that two nuns from the unofficial...
China’s central bank is trying to build trust in the data protection measures built into the nation’s sovereign digital currency, something analysts say is crucial for...
Author: Gorana Grgic, University of Sydney In the flurry of analyses of Joe Biden’s early policy moves, there is a common thread that depicts the 46th...
Author: Yuhan Zhang, UC Berkeley In November 2020, 15 countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) amid a backdrop of deglobalisation and trade protectionism. While...
African swine fever remains a “major risk factor” for China’s pig production after the government this week was forced to step up its efforts to control...
Author: Zhiqun Zhu, Bucknell University On 4 February 2021, the Taiwanese government announced the establishment of a ‘Taiwan Office’ in Guyana. Within 24 hours, Guyana’s Ministry...