Credit: The god of China’s big data era
China’s social credit system has deep roots in Chinese culture and history – an excerpt from our latest China Analysis
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Xi’s rule for life: what does our anxiety reveal?
“With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat” (John Milton)
Time’s up: China’s coming battle for market economy status
Two new publications from the European Council of Foreign Relations look at the real issues behind the question of market economy status
Paying the China price: the costs of Chinese investment
The EU should not race to the bottom and match Chinese prices and standards but differentiate and provide quality rather than quantity in finance
How Hong Kong’s protests weaken Xi Jinping’s strongman image
Hong Kong’s protests place Xi Jinping between a rock and a hard place, and Europe should be addressing it
A guide to China’s leadership changes
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.