Chinese online activists are demonstrating increasingly innovative and sophisticated strategies to fight against official censorship, writes Chi Zhang and Ming Zhang.
George Magnus writes that the NCP’s mild stress on economic growth offers little indication that China will move away from “lingering risks and hidden dangers”.
Sizo Nkala and Khensani Ntlemo comment on emerging fissures between China’s non-interference principle in African states and relations with regional bodies such as the African Union.
John Gittings examines to what extent Chinese policy in three fields, nuclear, climate change, and pandemics, includes an awareness and assessment of existential risk.
Stefan Messingschlager argues that the importance of Germany’s 2023 “Strategy on China” policy document should not be underestimated, domestically or internationally.
Xu Peng comments on the ongoing conflicts at the intersection of Han Chinese identity, organized crime, and cross-border dynamics on the China-Myanmar border.
Janu Du writes that the concentration of industries in FTZs can result in a reallocation of productivity, potentially leading to the “hollowing out” effect in existing industries, which can have a beggar-thy-neighbour effect on regional growth.
Gray Sergeant says the Labour Party’s broadly similar China strategy to the Conservatives might not be good for electioneering but the continuity will provide some comfort to Britain’s allies.
Margaret Hillenbrand argues that a vast underclass of Chinese workers exist in “zombie citizenship,” a state of dehumanizing exile from the law and its safeguards.