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China’s biggest-ever round of drug price cuts saw global pharmaceutical firms losing most of the nationwide contracts to local rivals, as Beijing aggressively pushes to contain...
Author: Ryan Manuel, Official China Ltd. In Zhongnanhai, the Beijing compound where China’s Communist Party leaders reside and conduct business, 2019 was a bad year. The...
Authors: Xiaoyan Lei, Peking University, and Chen Bai, Renmin University The shrinking demographic dividend and managing an ageing population are now major challenges to China’s economic...
China’s central bank has stood back from intervention so far this year and let market forces push up the yuan’s exchange rate ahead of the anticipated...
Author: Micha’el Tanchum, AIES and Truman Institute Iran’s integration into the China–Russia Eurasian architecture is as complicated as it is consequential for economic and security relations...
Author: Editorial Board, ANU It’s been over six months since peaceful protests started in Hong Kong in response to a proposed extradition treaty with China. The...
China is further extending its already sprawling high-speed rail network, launching more than 10 lines in the final days of the year.Services will start on Monday...
Author: Mohammad Soltaninejad, University of Tehran In the face of the United States withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal and adopting a ‘maximum pressure’ policy against...
Author: Kirill Nourzhanov, ANU The main political trend in Central Asia for 2019 was the steady improvement of interstate relations. This was primarily driven by Uzbekistan’s...