China and Africa: The Crucial Urban Connection
By Xiangming Chen & Garth Myers
The relations between China and Africa have become increasingly complex over the last four decades. As China’s economic ties...
Luxury is a Necessity in People’s Republic of China: Social Rejection of New Wealth...
By Pierre Xiao Lu
Research Phenomena
China is the second largest market for luxury goods in the world, behind the US and before Japan1. More...
Why Has the West Given Billions in Military Aid to Ukraine, but Virtually Ignored...
By Nicholas Farrelly and Adam Simpson
Two years after Myanmar’s coup on February 1 2021, the country’s large and growing resistance forces receive almost no attention...
Why GameStop shares stopped trading: 5 questions answered
By Professor Jena Martin
GameStop stock resumed its dramatic ascent after a popular online broker said it would lift restrictions on trading its shares. In recent...
Is China the Real Reason Microsoft is Buying LinkedIn?
By Gordon Orr
There may be an even bigger source of value for Microsoft somewhere else in the LinkedIn deal, specifically in LinkedIn China.
Lots has...
Ukraine War: What China Gains from Acting as Peacemaker
By Stefan Wolff and Tetyana Malyarenko
After more than a year of no direct communication, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky,...
China and South Asia: Contention and Cooperation Between Giant Neighbours
By Xiangming Chen, Pallavi Banerjee, Gaurav Toor and Ned Downie
Are China and India allies or enemies in the South Asian economy? Well, it seems...
Reuters Launches Reuters Next: An Agenda-Setting, Four-Day Summit for Global Leaders
Reuters today launched one of the biggest and most ambitious leadership summits in the world, bringing together 25,000 executives over four days to hear...
The Hidden Advantage of Chinese Subsidies
By Usha C. V. Haley and George T. Haley
How did China move so swiftly in capital-intense industries without labour-cost or scale advantage from bit...
From the Middle Out and Bottom Up: The Belt and Road Initiative at 10...
By Xiangming Chen
The year 2023 marks the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a transcontinental connectivity project launched by China in...
