China’s economic malaise is a consequence of deep structural weaknesses rather than cyclical factors. While Beijing’s shedding of its draconian Covid-19 policies late last year generated a burst of enthusiasm about reviving growth based on pent-up consumption, these sentiments were short-lived.
In this episode, Evan Feigenbaum talks about how China and the U.S. act as 'security narcissists', creating a danger for the whole region, and how other Asian countries are nervously trying to navigate this predicament.
The answer to Lula’s question of who designated the U.S. dollar the global reserve currency is ironic: it was surplus countries such as Brazil and China. And despite what their leaders might say, none of them are in a hurry to upend the current system.
For the West, concerns about dependency are often cast in terms of China’s dominance in producing critical goods such as pharmaceuticals or the lithium essential in most batteries.
Paul Haenle will moderate a discussion with Maha Yahya, Yu Jie, and Benjamin Ho on the key issues in China-Middle East relations. This panel is the fifth of the Carnegie Global Dialogue Series 2022-2023 and will also be recorded and published as a China in the World podcast.
China’s leadership has managed well in adjusting to the trade and technology restrictions imposed by successive U.S. administrations.
And on the heels of G7 leaders blasting Beijing’s “expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea,” we profile a book that warns that China is “forging a new maritime order in East Asia.”
As China seeks greater commercial and military advantage across the world’s oceans, its expansive global network of commercial ports both reflects and amplifies its growing power.
Some degree of Chinese influence displacing U.S. initiatives is unavoidable, but the United States can leverage individual strength points to collaborate with both Brazil and Mexico.
Who makes the rules that underpin order in the maritime domain? Is “China’s law of the sea” already in effect in maritime East Asia? Ashley J. Tellis, Isaac B. Kardon, and Fiona Cunningham discuss China’s maritime strategy in East Asia, and preview Kardon’s new book.