China

There is a widespread assumption in the Western world that China will fully cooperate in the global decarbonization of coming decades. But while Beijing appears genuinely willing to take the leap toward nonfossil energy, its path to carbon neutrality is fraught with challenges – many of which could lead to ...

Global value chains have been shrinking for a decade; the pandemic has only accelerated the process. Western countries are now racing to reshore parts of their strategic manufacturing and make supply chains more resilient. China, meanwhile, continues its quest for dominance and competes with the West for access to strategic ...

With tensions between the U.S. and China high, it is worth asking what all the major players in Asia might do if push ever came to shove between the two global superpowers. This report analyzes how they might react under three main contingencies: Chinese aggression against Taiwan, a conflict in ...

This year marks the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. By its end, Beijing wants to have built a “moderately prosperous society.” In parallel, President Xi Jinping seems ready to embark on an all-out contest between statist China and the liberal Western economies. While the Middle ...