It is almost universally believed that the United States and China are locked in a strategic competition of epic proportions. But in many areas of social significance, both the US and China are not number-one.
Amid the global recession and ultra-low interest rates in advanced economies, investors have increasingly turned to China – the only major economy projected to grow in 2020 – for returns. To encourage foreign investment, Chinese...
Governments throughout the region have employed experimental and, at times, innovative approaches to combatting Covid-19, with mixed results. In this year-end update, we examine what worked and what didn’t in Southeast Asia’s battle against the coronavirus.
5G is a crucial battleground for technology decoupling with China. Assessing the impact of recent U.S. actions from a broad perspective shows that the U.S. and allies have to work together to encourage the use of trusted equipment and maintain the capacity to build and...
December 14, 2020
| Andreyka Natalegawa From New Perspectives on Asia The twin public health and economic crises of Covid-19 have disproportionately impacted journalists and members of the press in Indonesia, imperiling an already-fragile industry that is contending with growing restrictions to freedom of press amid democratic backsliding.
As the U.S. government intensifies its scrutiny of Huawei and ZTE, many challenges now abound for rural Americans and the small wireless carriers that both serve and rely upon equipment from the two Chinese telecom giants. Recent FCC orders,...
December 7, 2020
| Scott Kennedy From Trustee China Hand Today our program is issuing a video report, China’s Stalled Aircraft Dreams, which documents China’s failed efforts over many decades to develop their own commercial aircraft.
By centering geostrategic concerns as their primary motivating factor rather than corruption, the United States’ sanctions against the Union Development Group in Cambodia may violate the spirit of the Global Magnitsky Act.
November 24, 2020 From Technology Policy Blog Technological competition between the U.S. and China is growing, and some degree of decoupling is inevitable. However, if not properly managed, decoupling could have negative impacts on the U.S. as well as China.
To keep their economies afloat during the Covid-19 pandemic, most Southeast Asian countries have adopted aggressive fiscal and monetary stimulus policies. But not all stimulus programs are created equal.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) adopted the General Proposal at its 5th plenum in late October, and the full plan will be adopted in March at the next annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC). But before getting overly focused on the future, let’s reflect...
