Lucas Niewenhuis is the Newsletter Editor at The China Project. Previously, he has researched China-Africa relations at the Social Science Research Council, interned at the Council on Foreign Relations, and studied Chinese language and culture in Shanghai and Beijing.
Liu He ๅ้นค, one of General Secretary Xi Jinpingโs closest advisors who is often described as the mastermind or โbrainโ behind Chinaโs economic policy, took...
โIt wasnโt like this a few years ago,โ a Western diplomat anonymously complainedย to the Guardian as it reported on blowback to the snatching of Swedish...
Chinaโs ambitious move to electrify its auto market was identified and discussed as one of the most important moments for the country in 2017 in...
China is both deepening and diversifying the ways it applies pressure to Taiwan. Part of it is the recent crackdown by Chinaโs cyberspace authorities on...
Expectations are rising (again) of substantive tariffs on Chinese goods being implemented by the United States. In an interviewย with Reuters, U.S. President Donald Trump said...
Yesterday, we noted the results of a visit to Beijing by French President Emmanuel Macron. In summary:ย a few small business deals signed, larger deals delayed...
French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up a three-day visitย to China with moderate outcomes, including a few business deals, as the South China Morning Postย notes: โA...
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing giant that likely surpassed Uberย in market valuation last month, will have a critical year in 2018 as it attempts to...
With the announcement of curbs on electricity use and, potentially, land-use and tax incentives that favor bitcoin miners, the Chinese government appears eager to discourage cryptocurrency production in China.