China Manufacturing Sector

Asia’s Manufacturing Landscape Amidst China’s Fragile Economic Recovery

Asia's manufacturers are facing worsening pressure in October as factory activity in China continues to decline, affecting recovery prospects for major exporters. Purchasing managers' indexes for China, Japan, and South Korea show activity shrinking, while Vietnam and Malaysia also face...
Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship touches down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China

Shenzhou-16 Crew Touches Down on Earth after 154 Days in Space

China's Shenzhou-16 manned spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth after a historic 154-day mission. The craft landed at the Dongfeng Landing Site, with the on-site medical team confirming the three taikonauts onboard, led by mission commander Jing Haipeng, in good...
CHINA

The Downfall of China’s Central Planning: An Inefficient and Unsustainable System

China, a net food importer with less than half as much farmland as the US and four times the population, is facing food insecurity, an aging crisis, and a real-estate bubble. To increase food security, Xi Jinping has ordered public...
India

India’s Strategic Move: Countering China’s Influence in Central Asia

India has been attempting to establish a cooperative framework with five Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, to promote connectivity and economic integration. However, India's bilateral relations with Pakistan and China pose challenges to these objectives....
south china sea

China’s People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia: A Strategic Force in the South China Sea

China's People's Armed Forces Maritime Militia (PAFMM) is a civilian-military coast guard that operates in disputed waters near China. Its mission is to establish de facto control over these waters without triggering a "hot" war with rival claimants. The PAFMM...
Spain-China

Spain’s Informal China Policy: A Coherent European Approach

Spain's China policy is similar to the EU's due to its evolution of bilateral economic relations and endogenous Chinese developments. This policy is influenced by Spain's EU and NATO membership, leading to the securitization of China's engagement in Spain's strategic...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive to pose for a photograph during their meeting in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP)

China’s Growing Political Influence in Russia’s East of the Urals

Beijing is enhancing its political influence in Siberia and the Russian Far East to support its expanding economic activities, targeting political and business elites who are key stakeholders in determining which firms can operate in their regions. This follows the...
Tiananmen Square, 前门 Dongcheng, China

BRI in Strengthening China-Central Asia Ties

China and Central Asian countries are expected to produce more upgraded economic cooperation projects marked by a green, digital economy in the next ten years, according to experts. This follows the tangible results of the Belt and Road Forum for...
Jerusalem

Malaysia’s Anticipation of China’s Vital Role in Reviving Israel-Palestine Negotiations

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged all parties involved in the ongoing conflict in Gaza to abandon geopolitical considerations, form international consensus, cease-fire, and stop the war to prevent a humanitarian disaster. Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Zambry Abdul...
China-US- Taiwan

U.S. Sanctions: China’s Strategic Measures in a Potential Taiwan Conflict

BEIJING Chinese government-affiliated researchers suggest that China would need to establish a global network of companies under US sanctions, seize American assets within its borders, and issue gold-denominated bonds in a war with the US over Taiwan. The sanctions against...
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