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Shipping container on open sea
[ 8 min read ]
Two decades of data show rewiring, not decoupling, in U.S.-China economic relations
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How do China’s annual GDP growth targets shape local government investment, land sales, and accumulation of debt?
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Have China’s industrial policies boosted the value of domestic content in China’s exports?
Feature image showing college grads
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In the early 2000s China launched the greatest expansion of college education in modern history. The effects reached far beyond its borders.
Feature image showing oil derricks in Africa
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How does China secure repayment in its lending boom to high-risk countries?
Photo of Chinese officials in the People's Hall
[ 6 min read ]
China has seen a sharp centralization of policymaking since 2013. The economic costs could be steep.
book cover - Highest Exam new alt
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A new book that presents a sweeping, data-rich analysis of China’s Gaokao, the grueling 3-day college entrance exam that is far more than a test
Feature image showing single child with parent in China
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The recent lifting of the one-child policy is unlikely to boost low fertility in China
China EVs with batteries
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How much does “learning by doing” help explain China’s spectacular rise in EV battery production?
Photo of woman persuing social media on phone
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How does China’s government reach online audiences with centralized messaging in an era of ever more decentralized content production?
Photo of people in China walking in a crosswalk
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Researchers study a city-level social credit system known as a “national model” that tracks the widest scope of behavior of any such system in China
Image showing high-tech manufacturing
[ 9 min read ]
What are the economic and political forces that shape the content and effectiveness of China’s industrial policies?
Faeture figure of printing press
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How common is government-scripted propaganda in China’s commercialized but Party-controlled press?
6.1 brief
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How have China’s state-owned lenders dealt with the growing repayment difficulties on overseas loans?
Feature figure showing mad in China robot arm and solar panel
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Many of China’s manufacturing firms report receiving “Made in China 2025” subsidies or support. Has that made them more productive?
Feature figure showing half-built bridge in China
[ 6 min read ]
Where has China overbuilt most and what are the implications?
Feature image of apparrel factory in Chia
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China’s dominance in labor-intensive manufacturing peaked more than a decade ago. How much have others taken on the mantle?
Feature figure for journalist expulsion brief, two microphones
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In spring 2020, China expelled 19 journalists from three leading U.S. newspapers. Did U.S. news coverage of China change?
Image featuring quasi-built, empty apartment building in China
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During the pandemic, China saw a massive drop in housing demand, yet prices did not fall in parallel. What happened?
Photo of a defendant sitting in a Chinese courtroom
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In recent years, the CCP enacted reforms aimed at strengthening the judiciary. Are China’s courts now more capable of constraining government powers?
Feature image showing 2 Asian men working in front of a computer
[ 6 min read ]
How has the rise of the venture capital industry inside China influenced entrepreneurship in developing countries?
Feature figure showing people wLKING THROUGH A REVOLVING DOOR
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How do career opportunities in China’s private sector affect officials’ subsidy allocation to firms, and what is the cost to public spending?
Feature image of CCP flag
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Research provides the first empirical account of the wealth gap between CCP and non-CCP households in urban China from 1995 to 2017
Bank of China building
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China’s bank managers face monthly lending quotas. What is the effect of these quotas on the accumulation of bad debt and economic efficiency?
Feature figure of finance chart for VC and AI
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What do China’s government venture capital (VC) investments reveal about China’s VC industry and AI firms?