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August 2025

Liu Jianjun: the false faith in social sciences
Disillusioned polisci professor at Fudan believes what he studies and teaches to be a "self-indulgent fantasy" that may be superfluous to human…
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Yao Yang calls for homegrown confidence and openness as Chinese companies go global
Leading economist who recently joined Shanghai University of Finance and Economics urges China to see JV/tech transfer demands as opportunities rather…
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Zhong Huiqing
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Yuxuan JIA
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China’s Ambassador in Kyiv: Ma Shengkun’s Nine Months
Who has the Chinese ambassador to Ukraine met?
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How Sino-centrism and U.S.-centrism warp(ed?) Beijing’s foreign policy thinking (2008)
Two Chinese grand strategists cautioned the perils of seeing the world only through China’s (imagined) glory or America’s shadow, and advised that China…
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Zhao Huiyi
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Yuxuan JIA
Between Trust and Tension: Wang Jisi Reflects on U.S.-China Relations
With the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations, China's leading America watcher shares personal stories, assesses growing strategic…
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Zichen Wang
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U.S. podcasters thrive, and the Chinese are just getting started
Crossroads for Luo Yonghao - and maybe other podcasters as well?
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Zichen Wang
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What Does China Want?
Stop Discarding Half the Evidence: China’s Peace Rhetoric, Its Red Lines, and How to Read Both.
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Zichen Wang
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China's Three-Decade-Long Marine Summer Fishing Moratorium
A Shift Toward Regional Coordination Is Needed in the Face of Doubts and Opposition from Regional Countries and U.S. Stigmatization
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SCSPI
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Two decade-old, 80-mln-yuan intercity bus stations remain idle in one city, People's Daily reports
The top official newspaper offers a peek into the overbuilt and wasted transportation infrastructure in China's northernmost province.
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Zichen Wang
Xi's speech to private entrepreneurs in Feb 2025 now available
What did Jack Ma, DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng, and BYD's Wang Chuanfu hear from China's top leader?
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Zichen Wang
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Zhang Yuyan on the Trump Administration’s Trade War and the Future of the Global Order
Renowned CASS veteran on how Trump’s negative-sum approach to China fits into a wider contest over rules, resilience, and the shape of world order.
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Yuxuan JIA
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Zhijian YAN
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Zichen Wang
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