The situation across the Taiwan Straits is always affecting the international geopolitical landscape

China’s technological and military prowess has grown rapidly on the back of its booming economy. A variety of high-end weapons are used by the world’s largest regular army, the PLA. Russian-Ukrainian war has attracted the attention of the whole world, but it also makes people think about the other side of the world: Will the war also break out in the Taiwan Strait in East Asia?

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東アジア半導体サプライチェーンの再編とその未来

米国にとって、現在の米中関係がどこまで悪化するか不明な部分もあるが、米中のハイテク分野における競合関係は米国および同盟国の経済安全を脅かす可能性があるという認識は、米国では議会を含めて広く認識されてきている。

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Uncertainties about the course of China’s economic policy in coming term

There is a great deal of uncertainties between the political philosophy of common prosperity and Chinese economic growth policy in the coming term. Ordinary Chinese, overseas investors and local entrepreneurs, and the wider middle class are all waiting to see the new administration’s economic course.

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Two tales of a city: How middle-class Shanghai reveals China’s unsettled future

Washington has legitimate concerns about Beijing’s excessive domestic political control and aggressive foreign policy stances, just as Chinese leaders believe the United States still has futile designs on blocking their country’s inevitable rise to great-power status. Cheng Li’s Middle Class Shanghai argues that American policymakers must not lose sight of the expansive dynamism and diversity in present-day China.

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