In our latest MERICS China Essentials we looked at the mixed signals coming from Beijing on economic policy for foreign investors, a relaxation of rules regarding data exports and Wang Yi’s visit to Australia and New Zealand. Read the whole issue here: https://merics.org/en/merics-briefs/mixed-economic-messages-eased-data-export-rules-wang-yi-down-under

Germany’s renewed interest in and upcoming military missions to the Indo-Pacific speak of a clearer strategy vis-à-vis China and the region, says MERICS Lead Analyst Helena Legarda in her comment for IP Quarterly: https://ip-quarterly.com/en/bundeswehr-returns-indo-pacific

#China #Indopacific

In the latest MERICS China Global Competition Tracker Jacob Gunter and Rebecca Arcesati assert that Europe should do more to engage in digital project development overseas and support the competitiveness of European players: https://merics.org/de/tracker/digital-silk-road-growing-priority-beijing-its-tech-champions-expand-overseas

Germany’s renewed interest in and upcoming military missions to the Indo-Pacific speak of a clearer strategy vis-à-vis #China and the region, says MERICS Lead Analyst Helena Legarda in her latest comment for IP Quarterly: https://ip-quarterly.com/en/bundeswehr-returns-indo-pacific

"The speedy and resounding enactment of Hong Kong’s new security law was a show of might," says MERICS Head of Program Katja Drinhausen. "Party concepts and terminology have taken center stage in the city’s law making." Read more in her new comment piece: https://merics.org/en/comment/new-security-law-firmly-aligns-hong-kong-chinese-communist-party-ideology

Li Hui’s Europe tour and Beijing's position on the war in Ukraine are the topic of Grzegorz Stec's analysis in our new MERICS Europe China 360°. Read a free excerpt: https://merics.org/en/merics-briefs/li-huis-europe-tour-20-beijings-mediation-seen-kyiv-market-distortions

“Sometimes we see arguments that #China is looking for new growth drivers and that science and technology needs to deliver those. … But we also see that there are more important considerations. And those would be in the space of national security,” says Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau: https://merics.org/en/podcast/science-and-technology-npc-barry-naughton-and-jeroen-groenewegen-lau

In this year’s government work report at the NPC, the issue of science and technology was mentioned more often than any other. Why does the Beijing put so much focus on S&T? Listen to our podcast with Barry Naughton (UCSD) and Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau: https://merics.org/en/podcast/science-and-technology-npc-barry-naughton-and-jeroen-groenewegen-lau

The high-level #EU-#China people to people dialogue is supposed to resume this spring. What is the relevance of the format and what can we expect from this first meeting since 2020? Listen to our podcast episode with Katja Drinhausen, Jean-Louis Rocca and Abigaël Vasselier: https://merics.org/en/podcast/resuming-eu-china-people-people-dialogue-jean-louis-rocca-katja-drinhausen-and-abigael

🆕Read our latest MERICS China Essentials for our experts' key takeaways from the National People's Congress 2024. With contributions from Katja Drinhausen, Jacob Gunter, Helena Legarda & Wendy Chang. https://merics.org/en/merics-briefs/chinas-national-peoples-congress-2024

If you are a European early career scholar or professional with a China background, apply for one of the 15 spots in this year’s MERICS European China Talent Program to benefit from in-depth exchanges with senior researchers and decision makers: https://merics.org/en/call-applications-merics-european-china-talent-program-2024

The National People’s Congress showed that science & technology and security take precedence over socio-economic issues, say Nis Grünberg and Jacob Gunter. Listen to our podcast for key takeaways from the meeting: https://merics.org/en/podcast/national-peoples-congress-2024-state-implements-partys-decisions-nis-grunberg-and-jacob

The high-level EU-China people-to-people dialogue is planned to be resumed this spring. Jean-Louis Rocca (Sciences Po) and MERICS experts Katja Drinhausen and Abigaël Vasselier discuss the relevance and aims of the format and what might be considered as a successful outcome.
https://merics.org/en/podcast/resuming-eu-china-people-people-dialogue-jean-louis-rocca-katja-drinhausen-and-abigael

Aware of the risks associated with the expanding digital economy, Beijing recently released a plan to guide data security work in the industrial sector. Read our experts’ take in a free excerpt of the new MERICS China Industries: https://merics.org/en/merics-briefs/data-security-industrial-internet-labelling-high-tech-healthcare

The “missing” Third Plenum and fact that the CCP’s Central Committee did not outline new economic reforms ahead of the National People’s Congress suggests that Xi is sticking to his plan, argues Alexander Davey in a new comment: https://merics.org/en/comment/missing-third-plenum-suggests-xi-sticking-his-plan

Two weeks left to apply for the MERICS European China Talent Program 2024. This year’s edition will take place from September 17-20 in Berlin. It will once again gather a selected group of European early career scholars and professionals to discuss some of the most important developments in China and their implications for Europe. Learn more about the program and apply here: https://merics.org/en/call-applications-merics-european-china-talent-program-2024

NEW: In our joint series with the UCSD Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, we look at how China is re-engineering it’s innovation system: https://merics.org/en/re-engineering-chinas-innovation-machine

In a new series of MERICS comments, our experts look at #China’s approach to managing its own vulnerabilities – sometimes with the goal of turning them into strengths - from trade and investments to export controls and green tech. https://merics.org/en/chinas-strategies-reduce-vulnerabilities

This morning, our MERICS experts discussed possible directions of China’s domestic politics, economy and foreign policy in a media briefing on the National People’s Congress (NPC) 2024.

You can watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=587SvFUONVs.

In our latest MERICS China Essentials we looked at dissatisfaction among China’s population, European sanctions against Chinese companies for indirectly aiding Russian war effort and the Chinese hacking leak. Read the whole issue here:
https://merics.org/en/merics-briefs/popular-dissatisfaction-eu-sanctions-chinese-hacking-leak