The United States is looking to diversify its critical minerals supply chain by establishing partnerships with the Central Asian republics and
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Plenum Priorities That Could Reshape China’s Economic Future
The third plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CPC) 20th Central Committee in July 2024 comes at a critical juncture for an economy beset
Japan and China’s Economies Are Adapting, Not Decoupling
Japan is one of the countries most affected by geopolitical competition between the United States and China. Although the economies of Japan and China
China Waits Anxiously for Economic Plan as Gloom Reigns
Rows and rows of partially inhabited high-rises sprawl into the suburbs of the northern Chinese metropolis of Tianjin, their empty balconies
Taiwan Protests and Lai Ching-te’s Inauguration: Young People’s Expectations for the Next Four Years
As Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te (賴清德), was inaugurated this Monday, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan achieved the unlikely feat of overshadowing the
China’s Growth Hindered by Cyclical and Structural Factors
China is experiencing both a cyclical and structural slowdown that makes it particularly challenging to assess whether its official growth and
Kicking the Can Down the Road: The Struggle With Rebalancing China’s Economy
This can’t go on. But it does. For decades Western commentators on China’s economy have predicted collapse, and for decades China has proven them
The Unusual Shape of the Debate Around Fertility Treatment in Taiwan
In its 2020 census data, Taiwan’s working-age population was shown to have fallen for the first time, with its 16.55 million people aged 15 to 64
Despite Export Boom, China’s Real Estate Crisis Isn’t Going Away
Despite optimism for China’s economy returning, as increased exports help mitigate the financial burden of an overleveraged property sector, the
Cultural Attitudes Key to Fixing Chinese Youth Unemployment
In January 2024, China’s National Bureau of Statistics resumed publishing official youth unemployment figures. In December 2023 the youth unemployment
Skunk Works: How the U.S. Achieved the Technological Innovation that Helped Win the Cold War
In the last year, the annual number of international patents filed from China has surpassed those filed from the U.S. Not only that, but Chinese
Taiwan Tech Update, March 2024
This month’s column details Taiwan’s ongoing attempts to build a homegrown quantum computer, plans to build a launch center for rockets, a forecast of