Today, rising debt is one of China’s key challenges. Recently, it led to the mainland’s rating cut by ratings agencies. Yet, many advanced economies have higher credit ratings than China, though their leverage ratios are worse. In May 2017,... [FULL TEXT]

As it enters a “New Normal”, China’s economy is undergoing fundamental changes in its comparative advantages and its driving forces. Meanwhile, the relations between the government and market are also reshaping. Under the background of supp... [FULL TEXT]

In the Xi decade, Chinese transition to the post-industrial society will accelerate, despite the new normal in the world economy. As the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China opened in Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping ... [FULL TEXT]

China will host the ninth BRICS leaders' summit in Xiamen, a coastal city in southeast China's Fujian Province, in September. I think that the most important issue for China as host at this year’s BRICS summit is unity. As President Xi Jinp... [FULL TEXT]

With the complete withdrawal of the Indian military from the Doklam region on Monday, a 71-day border standoff was brought to an end and effectively ushered in a more favorable political atmosphere for the 9th BRICS summit in Xiamen on Sept... [FULL TEXT]

Beijing has long held three objectives for East Asia, and the Korean Peninsula in particular.The first is to promote general peace and stability premised on North Korea's diplomatic normalisation with the United States and South Korea.The s... [FULL TEXT]

I was in Brussels on a short academic visit with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung office from June 21 through July 8, and was able to meet a number of EU officials thanks to my host's thoughtful arrangements.These fruitful contacts convinced me... [FULL TEXT]

After the US-Sino Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, trade issues are alienating not only China and America’s NATO allies – but its NAFTA partners, Canada and Mexico.As the Trump administration’s first US-Sino Comprehensive Economic Dialogue ... [FULL TEXT]

A number of provinces and cities are eager to be involved in the "Belt and Road"(B&R) initiative, including Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The opening-up of Tibet is in line with the general trend, but due to some historical and... [FULL TEXT]

Chen Dongxiao (Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)), Paulo Esteves (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro / BRICS Policy Center), Edna Martinez (Proactivo Sostenible), Imme Scholz (German Development Inst... [FULL TEXT]