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may: constructive stability
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why is Beijing making its digital yuan pay?
From early 2026, holders of China’s digital currency could earn interest on their balances for the first time.
Jun 4
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can the Yangtze heal?
Five years into a ten-year fishing ban, the Yangtze basin has passed its first formal audit with a split verdict.
Jun 2
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Beijing seeks to shape ASEAN health market rules
as PRC pharma expands into ASEAN, its pricing disciplines, procurement rules and quality standards are moving with it
May 28
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how is the SOE scorecard shifting?
How state firms are assessed is shifting.
May 25
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the new US debate in China
Nov 27, 2025
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can tech reshape health and ageing in the PRC?
Jan 26
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Beijing takes the scitech high road I
Sep 21, 2023
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Beijing debates overcapacity
Apr 20, 2024
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why is Beijing making its digital yuan pay?
From early 2026, holders of China’s digital currency could earn interest on their balances for the first time.
Jun 4
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CHINA POLICY team
3
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can the Yangtze heal?
Five years into a ten-year fishing ban, the Yangtze basin has passed its first formal audit with a split verdict.
Jun 2
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CHINA POLICY team
8
3
Beijing seeks to shape ASEAN health market rules
as PRC pharma expands into ASEAN, its pricing disciplines, procurement rules and quality standards are moving with it
May 28
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CHINA POLICY team
4
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how is the SOE scorecard shifting?
How state firms are assessed is shifting.
May 25
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CHINA POLICY team
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has the case for PRC capital opening changed?
Beijing welcomes PRC firms expanding abroad and moving capital with them.
May 20
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Two Sessions: what does the EEC do—and what not?
Environmental protection is a central pillar of Xi Jinping’s domestic agenda.
May 1
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Beijing's bid for the BBNJ high seas
new permanent UN secretariats are rare; Beijing's bid to host the BBNJ Secretariat in Xiamen would strengthen its hand in writing the rules of the high…
Apr 27
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Two Sessions: breaking the local habit
Beijing is outlawing the provincial free-for-all that made PRC exporters a force global markets are still absorbing
Apr 23
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Month In Focus
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may: constructive stability
Warm welcome all…
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april 2026: dire Straits, carbon security
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May 2
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march: laying down the law
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Apr 4
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february 2026: wary of Epic Fury
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Mar 4
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january 2026: beating a path to Beijing
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Feb 1
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december: central meetings chart 2026
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two new, two key 两重两新 liǎngzhòngliǎngxīn
Ever rising in Beijing's push to raise consumption, ‘two new’ refers to large-scale equipment upgrades and consumer trade-ins, ranked among the top ten…
Apr 15, 2025
'1992 Consensus' ‘九二共识' jiǔèr gòngshí
The '1992 Consensus' is an understanding purportedly reached between delegates of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC…
Nov 19, 2024
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'the Qian Xuesen question' 钱学森之问 Qián Xuésēn zhī wèn
‘Why do our schools fail to produce outstanding scientific and tech talent?’ That is ‘the Qian Xuesen question’.
Nov 12, 2024
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