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China in the Global Economy: Leaping Dragon or Paper Tiger?
By some measures already the world’s biggest economy, China is seeking energetically to flex its muscles abroad by launching grand projects such as...
The UK Referendum – and the Future of the European Project
It is on the pocketbook issues that Britain’s Remain campaign has chosen to take its stand. For weeks, it has bombarded the public with warnings...
Xi Jinping’s Long Road to Somewhere? China’s OBOR Initiative and how Europe Should Respond
The true nature and purpose of China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative are subject to much speculation. The one certainty is that OBOR commands...
The EU and China: Redressing: An Unbalanced Relationship
This paper is based on a presentation to a conference organised by the Hong Kong Baptist University and the European Union Academic...
The European Union’s China Policy: Priorities and Strategies for the New Commission
The arrival of a new European Commission is a good opportunity for Europe to re-consider its policy vis-à-vis China. Under Xi Jinping, China is...
The Problematic Politics of China’s Economic Reform Plans
China is in a race against time to re-engineer its faltering economic model, famously described by Wen Jiabao, its last prime minister, as...
In Search of China’s Foreign Policy
This Policy Brief takes stock of recent developments and future trends in China’s foreign policy. It questions China’s progress in shaping its...
Who’s Afraid of China’s High-Tech Challenge?
Over the last 30 years, the speed and scale of China’s economic rise have stunned the world. Now its government has mapped out bold plans for the...
Who’s Afraid of China’s High-tech Challenge?
Over the last 30 years, the speed and scale of China’s economic rise have stunned the world. Now its government has mapped out bold plans for the...
What Power Shift to China?
As the west struggles under the double burden of anaemic growth and massive debt, the belief has become common that power is shifting to China. But...