Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and rising U.S.-China trade tensions, Vietnam leapfrogged South Korea to become the United States’ sixth-largest trade
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Australia’s Trade Access Agenda Should Take Advantage of Taiwan
Even as the chokehold of Beijing’s economic coercion loosens, trade diversification remains the mantra in Canberra. The Anthony Albanese government
China’s Unspoken Deflation Challenge
China’s economy has been hit by a series of bad news. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China indicated a year-on-year decrease of
At Ten Years of Age, China’s Belt and Road Hits the Crossroads. Hard
World leader attendance at the Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) third international forum is down over 30 percent on its second forum in 2019. As
Is the Chinese Economy Headed for Japan-Style Lost Decades?
China’s economic recovery coming out of the zero-COVID policies at the beginning of this year has stalled. The economy only grew at a seasonally
Second-Freest Economy? Hong Kong’s Invisible Hand is the Communist Party
In Hong Kong, you cannot buy the books you want your children to read, sell the books you believe readers will enjoy, exchange loose coins for your
China’s Double-Edged Debt Trap
As the world’s largest bilateral lender, China faces challenges in dealing with the debt distress of some of its borrowers under the Belt and Road
China Plays the Racism Card With Apple iPhone ‘Ban’
Poster child for the kowtow, Apple has generously accommodated the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the years: disabling an app that helped Hong
U.S. Chip Sanctions May Not Be Enough to Deter China’s Military Ambitions
Semiconductors comprise the battleground for U.S.-China technology competition. On October 7, 2022, the Biden administration released a set of export
China’s Africa Strategy Is Shifting From Extraction to Investment — Driven From the Industry-Rich Hunan Region
Lauren Johnston, University of Sydney China experienced a massive economic boom in the 1990s and 2000s which increased its demand for resource
China’s Economy Is in Crisis. Scaring Consumers Won’t Help
Xi Jinping wants to censor his way out of another crisis, this time economic. With curated news, he hopes to blow a bubble of optimism in which the
The Challenge of AI Regulation in Taiwan
Averaged out against GDP size, Taiwan’s nascent AI industry had the fifth most AI-related patents accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office