Meditations on China’s reemergence often get trapped in metaphors about traps. Its economy could fall into the “middle-income trap”; its politics are stuck in a “trapped transition”; and it confronts the “Thucydides trap” with the…
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Puzzled by “authoritarian resilience” in China after the “third wave” of democratization in the late 20th century, scholars began to…
READ MORE- April 29, 2019 ECONOMY, INVESTMENT, Finance
Is China Really Becoming a Current Account Deficit Country? (Part 1 of 2)
For 25 years, China has been running a current account surplus, and the world grew accustomed to “China the exporter”…
READ MORE- April 15, 2019 INNOVATION, US-CHINA, Technology
The AI Race Is Wide Open, If America Remains Open
Much ink has been spilled on the artificial intelligence (AI) race between the United States and China, leading to a…
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China’s annual legislative confab, the National People’s Congress (NPC), starts March 5. Many foreign observers will be paying attention to…
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- August 6, 2018 POLITICS, US-CHINA, Technology
Will China Let Google Back in?
Last week The Intercept dropped a bombshell based on leaked documents: Google is planning to launch a censored search engine for China…
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The “chairman of everything,” “China’s strongest leader since Mao,” and the “new Emperor” is spending a lot of time on,…
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Multiple shots have now been fired in the US-China trade war. Immediately after the United States slapped 25% tariffs on…
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The Chinese government treats its GDP target as politically sacred. Thus officials at every level are deeply reluctant to ever…
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