SCSPI director says the two countries face difficult technical hurdles, and even a final agreement would not bind China.

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Europe remains a key focus for Chinese companies, which are making full compliance central to their long-term, sustainable development there, said Liu Jiandong, Chairman of the China Chamber of ...

She did, however, use language that appeared to move the KMT closer to Beijing’s interpretation of cross-strait relations. A crucial moment, political observers say, came when Cheng made public ...

A state election in eastern Germany has become a revealing test of the changing political landscapes of Germany and Europe, writes Jiang Feng, Professor and Chairman of the Council of the Shanghai ...

With Xi Jinping expected in Washington soon, now seems as good a time as any to unpack one of the more consequential phrases to emerge from the latest round of China–U.S. diplomacy: “a constructive ...

The East is Read has previously published extensively on China’s domestic-demand debate, which centres on a basic question: when demand is weak, should policy focus primarily on boosting consumption, ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and China Industrial Securities Co., Ltd published Financing the Silver Economy in China: Empowering an Inclusive and Sustainable Ageing Society on 11 ...

A former doctoral student turned blogger has shaken China’s academic establishment by publicly accusing prominent university scholars of fabricating data and manipulating papers, triggering ...

“Small and beautiful” has become one of the key phrases in China’s evolving Belt and Road vocabulary. The idea gained official prominence in 2021, when Xi Jinping called for such projects to be ...

China has a knack for turning dusty anniversaries into live ammunition. A Bilibili creator’s interpretation of the Dream of the Red Chamber as coded “anti-Qing (1644-1911), pro-Ming (1368-1644)” ...