Trading places: Europe and China in 2020
The US-China trade deal could make life tougher for Europe. But there are risks for China too in provoking greater coalition-building against it.
China Analysis
Europe and China after Brexit: The 5G question
A decision looms for Britain on 5G and Huawei. London’s choice will signal whether it wishes to stay close to Europe when dealing with Beijing – or to go its own way.
The EU, China, and human rights in Xinjiang: Time for a new approach
The EU and its member states have the chance to ramp up the defence of Uighurs at the 9 April EU-China summit in Brussels. They should seize it
China’s embrace of AI: Enthusiasm and challenges
If AI technologies prove revolutionary, China could emerge as a true global leader in innovation – an excerpt from our latest China Analysis
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
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.