Tag: Think China

Uniting China under Xi Jinping to build a modern socialist country: CPC to pass new ‘historical resolution’ at sixth plenum (Yu Zeyuan, Think China)

At the sixth plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee which begins today, the CPC is expected to consider...

How the 1992 Consensus could save cross-strait relations (Liu Chin-tsai, Think China)

Liu Chin-tsai notes that cross-strait relations are getting more volatile, with calls for armed reunification getting louder. He suggests that the crux of the...

How Germany can help ensure peace in the Taiwan Strait (Thorsten Benner, Think China)

Director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin, Thorsten Benner, thinks that the new German government should courageously invest in relations with...

China’s alliance with Russia is solidifying (Loro Horta, Think China)

Even though several analyses have it that the China-Russia relationship is filled with underlying tensions and can break without warning, Loro Horta believes that...

Jack Ma an agriculture tsar? (Lianhe Zaobao, Think China)

Alibaba founder Jack Ma seems set to add “agricultural tycoon” to his list of titles, going by his latest moves to break into the...

(China/USA) Not just a tech war: What China can do to better compete with the US and create a better world (Think China)

Wu Guo writes for Think China: An admirer of Chinese culture and of China’s warm and people-centred way of life, US academic Wu Guo...

(China/USA/Middle East) Chinese academic: Can China challenge the US’s standing in the Middle East? (Think China)

Fan Hongda writes for Think China: Although China has made inroads into the Middle East as a major investor and economic partner, some are...

(Europe/China/USA) Securing its place in the world economic order: The EU can’t afford to wait for the US (Zhang Yun, Think China)

The conclusion of the EU-UK Trade Cooperation Agreement and the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) in the last days of 2020 sent a...

(Taiwan) Taiwan’s booming semiconductor industry plays crucial role on world stage (Woon Wei Jong, Think China)

Taiwan’s semiconductor industry has been making waves not just domestically, but internationally. Zaobao correspondent Woon Wei Jong examines why for Taiwan, strategically and economically,...

(China) Beijing’s tech conundrum in 2021: How to bolster tech sector while reining in the digital giants (Wang Yanbo, Think China)

Amid greater efforts at achieving greater self-sufficiency in developing core technologies, China will turn to an erstwhile resource it has depended on — the...

(China) Chinese manufacturing must grow in strength, not just size (Chen Hongbin, Think China)

China’s manufacturing sector is known to be the “world’s factory”, and its scale is unrivalled. However, Chinese academic Chen Hongbin notes that this manufacturing...

(BRI/Southeast Asia) No more easy money: Will BRI projects in Southeast Asia slow and stall? (Muhammad Saad Siddiqui, Think China)

A new study suggests that official Chinese lending has dropped in recent years. This stems from lessons learnt after a decade of mistakes in...

(Hong Kongers/Taiwan) Hong Kongers moving to Taiwan: Temporary haven or permanent home? (Woon Wei Jong, Think China)

Following the anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong in 2019 and the passing of the national security law last year, Hong Kongers are migrating abroad...

(China) ‘Driving the blade inwards’: Why China may join the CPTPP (Chen Kang, Think China)

China’s willingness to consider joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is perhaps an admission that emphasising free trade but ignoring...