What is China’s 5-year plan, and why is it so important?
The Communist Party’s Central Committee will discuss the next five-year plan – the country’s 15th – at a meeting next month. Read More Here
Category: China
As the US retreats, can Xi Jinping’s new initiative shape the future world order?
Analysts say the Global Governance Initiative reflects China’s ambitions to shape a multipolar world, but it needs more substance to avoid becoming an ‘empty shell’. Read More Here
A new model for peace? China takes its Global Security Initiative to Africa
From Somalia to Ethiopia, Chinese training scholarships are the start of an alternative to Western-led alliances. Read More Here
China Is Enjoying Trump 2.0
How the trade war is helping Beijing prepare for long-term competition. Read More Here
Chinese researchers concerned over US debt as Beijing limits exposure
As Washington’s debt burden sets records, worries grow over the viability of US dollar assets – reflected in China’s Treasuries holdings. Read More Here
After Xi
The succession question obscuring China’s future—and unsettling its present. Read More Here
China seeks power beyond water with world’s biggest dam
Motuo dam touted as China’s ‘project of the century’, which when finished will give Beijing control over India’s water supply. Read More Here
China’s Overlooked AI Strategy
Beijing is using soft power to gain global dominance. Read More Here
How Chinese scientists fought for 74 years to build most powerful dam on Earth – and won
Beijing has launched the massive Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project in southern Tibet after decades of scientific research. Read More Here
How critical minerals became Beijing’s ultimate trump card in US-China trade war
Beijing is still tightening its grip over supplies of rare earths and other key minerals despite the tariff truce, allowing it to cut off US access at will. Read More Here
looking beyond borders 