Brad Setser on the Myths and Realities of China’s Financial Power
The economist and former Treasury official discusses China's currency policy, its influence over U.S. markets and the best way for Washington to respond.
China’s Foothold in Europe
As European attitudes towards China grow more skeptical, Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán has never wavered in his support for deeper links.
The Biotech Urban Legend
Once upon a time, a U.S. company and a Chinese company developed an innovative and effective treatment for cancer. Will that ever happen again?
The Risks in China’s Eurasian Entanglements
China's efforts to portray itself as a peacemaker in some of the world's most complex regions are so far failing to bear fruit.
China’s Healthcare System Needs a Check-up
Despite a huge rise in government spending, Chinese citizens still have to foot a large a share of their medical costs.
Zongyuan Zoe Liu on the rise of China’s Sovereign Wealth Funds
The political economist talks about the changing roles of China's massive state-backed investment funds, their tie-ups with Wall Street and how Western governments should treat...
India’s Chance for Chips
India wants to capitalize on over concentrated supply chains and the Washington-Beijing chip war to burst onto the global semiconductor stage. Its great hope? Vedanta...
China’s Troubled Big Lender
The Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is facing allegations of political interference, but what does its record show?
The Middle Way
China's business ties with the Middle East are getting ever closer, underpinning its growing diplomatic efforts in the region.
Philippe Le Corre on Europe’s Role between the U.S. and China
The academic talks about how the EU can pursue its own strategy towards China, what its approach to the Taiwan situation should be, and the...
High Power Investment
China and the U.S. are both seeing high levels of private investment in electric vehicles, but is public infrastructure development keeping pace?
BYD’s Big Moment
BYD’s blink-and-you-miss-it expansion in the last three years has blindsided just about everyone. Today it is the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles, the second...