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Former Chinese senior economic official urges broader opening of services sector
Yin Yanlin, former deputy director of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission of the CPC, calls for wider foreign access in telecoms…
Jun 16
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Qingqu Yuan
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Yuxuan JIA
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When China’s Industrial Policy Works — and When It Doesn’t
Wei Chen and Shiping Tang argue that industrial policy succeeds when a powerful lead agency can coordinate procurement, technology transfer, firm…
Jun 15
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Yuxuan JIA
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Yan Xuetong’s Exam Against Bad Geopolitics
Why a small Tsinghua test says something larger about China’s public debate on the world
Jun 10
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Zichen Wang
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Justin Yifu Lin: the Coming “Structural Revolution” in Modern Mainstream Economics
PKU economist and founder of New Structural Economics argues that China’s rise creates a historic opportunity to move beyond imported Western…
Jun 8
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Junyan Zhao
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Yuxuan JIA
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A Chinese Diplomat’s Account of Kyiv’s First Night at War
Ding Jianwei, then a Chinese diplomat in Ukraine, offers a rare firsthand account of the fragile contingencies on which the capital’s survival seemed to…
Jun 5
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Qingqu Yuan
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Yuxuan JIA
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Liu Shijin Makes a Forceful Case for Raising Rural Pensions
One of China’s most senior policy economists says higher pensions for rural residents would do more to boost China’s final demand than another round of…
Jun 4
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Zhu Yutao
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Yuxuan JIA
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Henry Huiyao Wang: Trump has buried liberal world order but what comes next could be better
The US and China have an opportunity to move beyond ideological confrontation towards coexistence, strategic stability and managed competition
Jun 2
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Yuxuan JIA
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May 2026
PhD dropout’s exposé forces an academic fraud reckoning in China
Commentator says China’s paper boom and bureaucratic evaluation system have rewarded output, titles, and grants at the expense of originality.
May 29
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Qingqu Yuan
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Yuxuan JIA
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Zhou Yongmei: Rebuilding Trust, Coordination, and Collective Action in a Fragmented World
PKU scholar and longtime World Bank official said Europe’s institutional strengths and China’s implementation capacity could be combined around…
May 28
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Yongmei Zhou
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Yuxuan JIA
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Bride Price and China’s Young Male Migrants
Study by Minhee Chae and Dandan Zhang links high bride prices to lower marriage and fertility expectations among young male migrant workers.
May 26
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Yuxuan JIA
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Zhu Yutao
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Wu Xinbo on Trumps's China visit
Fudan scholar invited to state banquet welcoming Trump says the constructive China–U.S. relationship of strategic stability will depend on execution…
May 25
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Yiyang Xu
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Yuxuan JIA
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Common Prosperity, Without Illusions
Li Shi’s diagnosis points to slowing growth, widening wealth gaps, unequal opportunity, and a final policy imperative rarely stated so plainly: freedom.
Published on Pekingnology
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May 24
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