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August 2025

Yao Yang on Why Shanghai Wins Over Beijing
In a viral video, the renowned economist outlined deep differences in urban livability, architecture, and culture—touching a nerve that reveals broader…
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Zhao Huiyi
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Zichen Wang
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Wu Xiaoqiu says only the rule of law and marketization can make the yuan a global currency.
The Renmin University professor urges systemic reforms to elevate the yuan’s international role via a "Third Way," calling the task China’s “hardest nut…
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Zhao Huiyi
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Zichen Wang
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Vietnam's Massive Reclamation in the Spratly Islands
Satellite photos from South China Sea Probing Initiative (SCSPI) show Vietnam’s expansion and militarization of Spratly features.
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Henry Huiyao Wang: How Modi’s visit to China can reshape Asia’s future
CCG President writes in South China Morning Post: to build on their new-found consensus, both powers must not only set shared goals but also wisely…
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Yuxuan JIA
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China’s Ambassador in Kyiv: Ma Shengkun’s Nine Months
Who has the Chinese ambassador to Ukraine met?
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Zhao Huiyi
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Zhong Huiqing
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Yuxuan JIA
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Zichen Wang
Why a Legal Clarification on Social Security Shook China’s Public Debate
Deeper concerns about costs, fairness, and sustainability in China’s pension system.
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Zichen Wang
Xie Feng Dangles Bigger U.S. Soybean Purchases - If Relations Improve
The Chinese ambassador hints at potential increases as U.S. farm exports to China down 53% this year
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Zichen Wang
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Bureaucratic Lapse, Not Bioterror: The Overblown Fungus Smuggling Case
Treating two plant pathologists with no paperwork as though they were biowarfare saboteurs is an exercise in political theater, not prudent security
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The China-India Thaw
Substantial readouts from Beijing and New Delhi on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's recent meetings with Indian PM Modi, FM Jaishankar, and National…
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Zichen Wang
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Calls to address pension inequality grow
Retired minister and economists urge raising farmers’ pensions amid disparities.
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Henry Huiyao Wang: Unlike the US, China is not trying to shut out the future
The CCG President writes in the South China Morning Post that the green transition is likely to define the 21st century; rather than resisting change…
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Yuxuan JIA
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