Reordering the Global Order: A World of “Nodes and Acquends”
by Damien MaAugust 31, 2023 | 9 minute read
Return of the Party: Shifting Power from the Mandarin Class To the Political Class
by Damien MaMarch 28, 2023 | 3 minute read
Balancing Growth and Security Will Define the Chinese Economy
by Damien MaMarch 4, 2023 | 4 minute read
Almost Here: The Most Consequential Political Event of the Year
by Damien MaAugust 23, 2022 | 4 minute read
Age Rules: The Arrival of the Post-60s Generation in Chinese Politics
by Damien Ma and Joshua HendersonDecember 31, 2021 | 6 minute read
The Impermanence of Permanent Magnets: A Case Study on Industry, Chinese Production, and Supply Constraints
by Damien Ma and Joshua HendersonNovember 16, 2021 | 15 minute read
Powerful Provinces: How Regional Political and Economic Power Correlate in China
by Damien Ma and Ruihan HuangAugust 9, 2021 | 10 minute read
The Post-Target Paradigm: Analyzing China Just Got Harder but More Interesting
by Damien MaMarch 22, 2021 | 3 minute read
What China Is Planning: Predicting the 14th Five-Year Plan
by Damien Ma and Jianyin RoachellMarch 4, 2021 | 4 minute read
Getting to $30 Trillion: China Aims for Largest Economy by 2035
by Damien MaMarch 1, 2021 | 3 minute read
Rethinking 2020: What’s Overlooked and What’s Overhyped
by Damien Ma and Houze SongDecember 28, 2020 | 3 minute read
China Inc. Raises Eyebrows but Japan Inc. Is Much More Influential
by Damien MaDecember 4, 2020 | 3 minute read
How Apple Exemplifies the Resilience of East Asian Supply Chains
by Damien MaJune 2, 2020 | 3 minute read
The “Frankenstein” That Wasn’t: A Realistic Appraisal of Today’s China
by Damien MaMay 26, 2020 | 7 minute read
Supply Chain Jigsaw: Piecing Together the Future Global Economy
by Damien Ma, Houze Song and Neil ThomasApril 13, 2020 | 15 minute read
Torchbearer: Igniting Innovation in China’s Tech Clusters
by Damien MaAugust 14, 2019 | 4 minute read
China’s War on Coal in Seven Charts: Peak Coal is Not a Blip but a Trend
by Damien MaJune 24, 2019 | 3 minute read
Development as Imitation: Can the East Asian Model Become the East African Model?
by Damien MaMay 14, 2019 | 4 minute read
Who Rules China? Comparing Representation on the NPC and Central Committee
by Damien Ma and Neil ThomasMarch 25, 2019 | 7 minute read
How the Trade War Hurts the Millennial Consumer Economy
by Damien Ma and Joy Dantong MaSeptember 20, 2018 | 6 minute read
In Xi We Trust: How Propaganda Might Be Working in the New Era
by Damien Ma and Neil ThomasSeptember 12, 2018 | 20 minute read
Tariffs on Washers More About Globalization, Not Trade War with China
by Damien Ma and Joy Dantong MaFebruary 7, 2018 | 6 minute read
After the 19th: What Happened, What Didn’t, and What Now?
by Evan A. Feigenbaum and Damien MaJanuary 2, 2018 | 10 minute read
Xi May Be the CCP Core, But Will Govern With Enduring Core Ideas
by Damien MaOctober 11, 2017 | 3 minute read
Can Chinese Industrial Policy Determine Winners or Just Stir up Froth?
by Damien MaJune 26, 2017 | 5 minute read
Imagining Xi Jinping’s “State of the (Chinese) Union” Address
by Damien MaJune 26, 2017 | 7 minute read
A Chinese Pharmaceutical Startup Acquires an American Firm to “Go Global”
by Damien MaJune 8, 2016 | 2 minute read
A Chinese Paper Maker Commits to Green Production in Virginia
by Damien MaMay 12, 2016 | 2 minute read
California Dreaming: How a Chinese Battery Firm Began Making Electric Buses in America
by Damien MaJune 22, 2015 | 1 minute read
Pipe Dreams: How A Chinese State Company Sought to Ride the US Energy Boom
by Damien MaNovember 25, 2014 | 1 minute read
A Chinese Solar Company’s Fleeting Run in the Arizona Sun
by Damien MaSeptember 15, 2014 | 1 minute read
A Chinese Aluminum Company’s Learning Curve in the US Market
by Damien MaOctober 31, 2013 | 1 minute read