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China Analysis: Eighteenth Congress – Expectations on hold
What can be expected from the new Chinese leadership?
What can be expected from the new Chinese leadership?
Ahead of the selection of China’s new leadership on November 8th, Thomas König of ECFR’s China Programme explains what the process involves, who the new men will be, and why it matters.
The future of China’s North Korea policy
Examining China’s new public security toolbox
How will Taiwan’s relationship with China evolve?
From a major exporter of goods to a major exporter of capital
To Chongqing or Guangdong? China’s big development decision
China’s pursuit of influence – and fuel – in the Central Asian states
China’s plans for renewable energy and a nuclear-powered future
The debate over whether Beijing’s leaders have become too bold