ChinaPower

Dr. Alice Ekman analyzes how China is supporting domestic technology industries in critical sectors like telecommunications and surveillance to build smart cities.

​Our guest, Mr. Charles Parton, discusses the UK’s changing attitudes toward China and explains how Beijing's approaches to Xinjiang, 5G, Covid-19, and Hong Kong have altered UK strategic thinking.

In this episode, Emily de La Bruyère analyzes how China is advocating for its own technical standards to be adopted worldwide, and its concerted efforts to gain leverage in critical international standard-setting institutions.

Mr. Gaurab Shumsher Thapa analyzes the impact of Xi Jinping’s 2019 visit to Nepal as well as China’s evolving political, security, and strategic interests in Nepal.

This episode examines the key challenges in, and future direction of, China-Sweden relations. Our guest, The Honorable Carl Bildt, analyzes the role of the Gui Minhai case and other diplomatic rows as catalysts in the deterioration of the bilateral relationship.

In this episode, Dr. Kevin Desouza unpacks China’s push to develop a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). He explains Beijing's motives and compares China’s plans for creating its own national digital currency with those of other countries that have undertaken similar initiatives.

Mr. Greg Levesque discusses how Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) fits into China’s grand strategy and evaluates how effectively it has implemented the program to date.

The latest episode examines China’s role in the World Health Organization (WHO) and how its relationship with the organization has changed over time.

Dr. David Santoro explores the potential for China to join a strategic nuclear dialogue with the United States and Russia.

Dr. Anne-Marie Brady details China’s key interests in the Arctic region as they relate to its broader strategic, economic, and political objectives.