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Japan’s new outreach in Asia
China’s rise as an economic and military colossus has transformed the geopolitics of East Asia. Its most powerful neighbor, Japan, has embarked on a more self-reliant course, even as it continues to lean heavily on its alliance with the United States. Tokyo is expanding its contacts, both economic and strategic, with Southeast Asia, India and Australia.
China’s economic and political controls are pulling in opposite directions
President Xi Jinping is tightening his grip on China. Some in the West have presumed that a second Cultural Revolution is under way. But the correct analysis would be that Mr Xi is simply increasing the socialist rhetoric and centralising power so as to concentrate decision-making authority. He is taking ...
China targets exports and cleaner air to counter steel demand slowdown
China’s boom years saw huge increases in steel production, particularly for housing, cars and infrastructure projects. The nation’s current economic slowdown has encouraged producers to concentrate on exports, sparking accusations of steel ‘dumping’ and leading to tariffs in some countries, writes GIS guest expert Brendan O’Reilly. Beijing has attempted to ...
Xi Jinping seeks a place in history as China’s great reformer
Reform, often preceded by the purposefully vague phrase ‘comprehensively deepening’, is one of the most picked apart words in China. Discussions on reform, whether political, economic or social, have intensified since November 15, 2012, the day Xi Jinping, son of Communist Party stalwart Xi Zhongxun (making him a princeling, or ...
China seeks to change from imitator to innovator
In the world of technological innovation, China is often decried as the great imitator, a maker of cheap fakes and an intellectual property thief. But is this an accurate picture? China’s global impact in research and development is growing and in some areas, such the processes surrounding the building of ...
