Podcast
The cost of China's dynamic zero-COVID policy
What does zero-COVID mean for both China and the global economy?
Upcoming Event
Major economies are addressing the challenges brought by digital trade in different ways, resulting in diverging regulatory regimes. How should we view these divergences and best deal with them?
Upcoming Event
A look into the Chinese private sector.
Podcast
What does zero-COVID mean for both China and the global economy?
Podcast
A conversation on the global trading landscape.
Past Event
How have events in recent years impacted global trade and value chains and how can we strengthen these against future disruptions?
Opinion
Beijing’s ‘dynamic zero-Covid’ policy could devastate the domestic economy, but the effects will also be felt globally.
Blog Post
Although Russia bears the brunt of Western high-tech sanctions, the European Union will face challenges in sectors where it relies on Russian and Ukrainian commodities and technologies.
Podcast
How much has China progressed technologically?
Blog Post
Though private ownership does not free companies from the pervasive influence of the Communist Party, China’s private and state sectors are not equivalent; China’s largest firms are growing faster than their state-owned counterparts.
Working Paper
This paper documents recent structural changes in China’s corporate landscape, based on company level data, providing a complementary perspective to that of official Chinese statistics.
Opinion
The spectre of a democratic Russia aligned with the West is probably a more serious concern for Beijing than what it risks losing by supporting Russia, which is exactly why China has arrived at its contorted position on the current military conflict in Ukraine.
Opinion
Top official makes rare intervention to reassure investors but progress to resolve problems will be difficult.