On 1 June 2026, the OECD released its MAGIC Database of Industrial Subsidies, an attempt to quantify the government support received by large manufacturing firms around the world. The report found ...

NSD dean calls for employment-first AI innovation, warning that productivity gains could leave workers’ wages stagnant for ...

SCSPI director says the two countries face difficult technical hurdles, and even a final agreement would not bind China.

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With Xi Jinping expected in Washington soon, now seems as good a time as any to unpack one of the more consequential phrases to emerge from the latest round of China–U.S. diplomacy: “a constructive ...

Dandan Zhang is a Professor in Economics (with tenure) and Deputy Dean (in research, internal and international cooperation) at the National School of Development (NSD), and Deputy Dean of the ...

Zhang Jun believes that China's economic slowdown, often referred to as "L-shaped," is not a short-term recession but an inevitable, prolonged trend of slowing growth. Consequently, the focus should ...

Hu Xijin is a former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, a Chinese newspaper under the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the People’s Daily. He writes ...

As the Donald Trump administration and the Russian government agree to work together on ending the Ukraine war and lay out potential terms without Ukrainian and European input, I thought it would be ...

Yan Xuetong (阎学通), Director of the Institute of International Relations at Tsinghua University and a leading figure in China's international relations (IR) field, has expressed concern over the trend ...