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The Labor government in the UK launched an audit of the country's relations with China in 2024. The results are set to be released in June. In this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, Charles Parton joins Johannes Heller-John to talk about the UK's China Audit and the importance of science and technology in the China context. Charles Parton is a member of the UK think tank Council on Geostrategy, the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies (RUSI), and a Senior Associate Fellow at MERICS. Read more about the topics covered in this episode here:Publications of Charles Parton at the Council on GeostrategyPublications of the Coalition on Secure Technology

Dlaczego europejskie stolice często milczą po spotkaniach z Chinami? Jak może to wpływać na globalny obraz relacji UE–Chiny i co można zmienić w europejskiej dyplomacji?O tym mówił dr Grzegorz Stec, MERICS.

„China in 25“ – in maximal 25 Minuten sprechen Mikko Huotari, Bernhard Bartsch und Claudia Wessling über aktuelle Entwicklungen in China. In dieser Folge geht es um eine neue Eskalation zwischen den USA und China im Bereich Hochleistungschips und Künstliche Intelligenz, um Chinas Sicherheits- und Rüstungspolitik sowie um Chinas erstmals seit Jahren wieder gestiegene Investitionen in Europa. Die Diskussion dreht sich um eine zentrale Beobachtung: Ob Technologie-, Sicherheits- oder Investitionspolitik, die strategischen Grundlagen für aktuelle Entwicklungen wurden von Beijing mit langem Atem vor mehr als einem Jahrzehnt angelegt, in Initiativen wie „Made in China 2025“ oder der „Neuen Seidenstraße“, in Xi Jinpings kontinuierlicher Ausweitung des Sicherheitsbegriffs sowie gezielten Investitionen in Chinas militärische Fähigkeiten. Mehr über die Themen in dieser Ausgabe erfahren Sie hier:Studie von MERICS und Rhodium Group: Chinese investment rebounds despite growing frictions - Chinese FDI in Europe: 2024 UpdateMERICS China Essentials: Weißbuch zur Nationalen Sicherheit + China und Lateinamerika + US-China-Beziehungen

A bonus episode this week. On May 22, I moderated a panel organized by Vita Golod and the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. The focus was on the U.S.-Ukraine Mineral Security Partnership, and it features Ivan Us, Chief Consultant at the Center for Foreign Policy at the National Institute for Strategic Studies; Jim Mullinax, a Senior Foreign Service Officer and former Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu (closed in 2020); Grzegorz Stec, Senior Analyst and Head of the Brussels Office at MERICS; and Xu Qinduo, journalist at CGTN and Senior Fellow at the Pangoal Institution. The panel explores the background and the implications of the minerals deal, signed on May 1, 2025, for the ongoing war in Ukraine, and prospects for post-war reconstruction. I hope you enjoy what I thought was a fascinating conversation.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

High US tariffs on China have raised concerns in the EU of Chinese goods being rerouted from the US to Europe. This has also rekindled an ongoing discussion about overcapacities in the Chinese industry. Why are they a danger to European industries? What drives them in China? And what options do European decisionmakers have?Max J. Zenglein, Chief Economist at MERICS, and Jacob Gunter, Lead Analyst at MERICS, are two of the lead authors of the recent report “Beyond overcapacity: Chinese-style modernization and the clash of economic models”. They join Johannes Heller-John for this podcast episode to share their findings.More information:MERICS: Beyond overcapacity: Chinese-style modernization and the clash of economic modelsMERICS: Staying focused: Priorities for transatlantic China policy coordinationEU Chamber of Commerce in China: Made in China 2025: The Cost of Technological Leadership

Global tariffs introduced by the US government under the second Trump administration on April 2nd have rocked global markets. While they have been reduced to a blanket rate of 10 percent a week later, they have increased for China to 145 percent. In retaliation, the Chinese government raised tariffs on all US goods to 125 percent. Johannes Heller-John talks to Jacob Gunter, Lead Analyst at MERICS, about the aims of the US government, the impact on the Chinese economy and the way forward for Europe.More information:MERICS China Essentials Special Issue: The US-China trade war----This podcast is part of the project “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700.Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

The widening rift between the United States and Europe will have an effect on the EUs relationship with China. How does Beijing see the EU in the first months of the second Trump administration? Is there an appetite for closer engagement? And what does this mean for Europe? Johannes Heller-John talks to Grzegorz Stec, Head of our Brussels Office and Senior Analyst at MERICS to get a better understanding for China's view of the EU during the second Trump administration. More information:MERICS Europe China 360° issue 1/2025The Europe-China Resilience Audit: Insights for advancing European resilienceThis podcast is part of the project “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700.Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Die Wahlen zum Deutschen Bundestag vom 23. Februar wurden auch in China aufmerksam verfolgt. Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Professorin für Sinologie an der Universität Trier und Senior Associate Fellow bei MERICS, berichtet in dieser Ausgabe unseres Podcasts, warum Alice Weidel in den Online-Foren so stark diskutiert wird, was die Netizens über Friedrich Merz denken und wie Deutschlands Rolle im transatlantischen Verhältnis sowie in den Beziehungen zu China gesehen wird. Die Fragen stellt Claudia Wessling, Leiterin Kommunikation & Publikationen bei MERICS. Diese Folge des MERICS China Podcasts ist Teil von China Spektrum, ein Projekt von MERICS und dem China-Institut der Universität Trier (CIUT), gefördert von der Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung.Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier:Projektwebsite China Spektrum mit allen PublikationenChina Spektrum auf BlueSkyChina Spektrum auf Threads

Einige der weltweit größten und erfolgreichsten Social Media Plattformen sind in China – mehrere davon mit hunderten Millionen Nutzern. Sie sind Ort für soziale Interaktion, Unterhaltung, Nachrichten und Wissensaustausch. Auch politische Themen werden diskutiert wie beispielsweise Debatten zur Anhebung des Rentenalters, zur Familienplanungspolitik sowie zur Rolle von Künstlicher Intelligenz für den chinesischen Arbeitsmarkt. Die Debatten spiegeln auch sozioökonomische Spannungen im Land wider.Vor dem Nationalen Volkskongress – formal Chinas Parlament, dessen einmal jährliche zehntägige Sitzung am 5. März beginnt – geben Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Professorin für Sinologie an der Universität Trier und Senior Associate Fellow bei MERICS, und Katja Drinhausen, Programmleiterin für den Bereich Innenpolitik und Gesellschaft bei MERICS, einen Einblick in Chinas digitale Landschaft. Im Gespräch mit Johannes Heller-John blicken sie auf aktuelle Diskussionen und die Bemühungen der Regierung, Online-Debatten zu steuern.Mehr über das Thema erfahren sie in der Studie „Chinas fragile Räume für Online-Debatten“, die Shi-Kupfer und Drinhausen gemeinsam mit MERICS Senior Analystin Christina Sadeler verfasst haben. Die Analyse ist Teil des von der Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung geförderten Projekts China Spektrum, an dem MERICS und das China-Institut der Universität Trier (CIUT) beteiligt sind.Weiterführende Literatur:Chinas fragile Räume für Online-Debatten, China Spektrum StudieZu schnell zu alt? Demografische und strukturelle Herausforderungen für Chinas Rentensystem, China Spektrum AnalyseChina Spektrum auf BlueSkyChina Spektrum auf ThreadsChina Spektrum Projektwebsite mit allen Publikationen 

The Chinese startup DeepSeek has rattled Silicon Valley's confidence in the United States' lead in artificial intelligence (AI) technology. DeepSeek's first free Chatbot App became the most downloaded app on the iOS App Store as well as on the Google Play Store by the end of January. These developments come ahead of the French AI Action Summit, which will take place from February 10 to 11 and convene Heads of State and Government, leaders of international organizations, tech companies, NGOs, as well as academics, and members of civil society.Johannes Heller-John talks to Rebecca Arcesati, Lead Analyst at MERICS based in Brussels, about the issues behind DeepSeek's meteoric rise and expectations for the AI Action Summit. In her view, “France has an opportunity to show that there is a European way that is a middle way between a corporate driven approach that has emerged in the United States and a more state driven approach that has emerged in China.”Artificial Intelligence is one of the topics featured in the MERICS China Tech Observatory, a project sponsored by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF).

Trung Quốc đã trở thành một « cường quốc về công nghệ tiên tiến », không chỉ « đi sau » Hoa Kỳ. Các tập đoàn Mỹ trông cậy vào sức mạnh của sự sáng tạo và đồng tiền để phát triển trí tuệ nhân tạo AI. Deepseek đang chứng minh rằng đó không là con đường duy nhất để đến đích. Viễn cảnh Bắc Kinh áp đảo thế giới với hàng rẻ low cost kể cả về công nghệ mới đặt Washington trong thế « bất an ». Washington vừa công bố kế hoạch « Stargate 500 tỷ đô la », một dự án đầu tư khổng lồ để phát triển công nghệ trí tuệ nhân tạo, logo con cá voi xanh Trung Quốc của Deepseek làm rung chuyển từ thung lũng công nghệ Silicon ở California đến tận sàn chứng khoán  Wall Street tại New York. Lý do « một phiên bản Trung Quốc của ChatGPT được cho là thông minh hơn, gọn nhẹ hơn và hiệu quả hơn » so với các công cụ của Mỹ.Bắc Kinh thách thức thung lũng công nghệ Silicon Những tên tuổi lớn ở thung lũng công nghệ California đã phải thừa nhận là với ứng dụng Deepseek, Bắc Kinh « đã tung một đòn lợi hại » trong trận chiến AI. Hiện tại còn rất nhiều những câu hỏi chung quanh công cụ « trợ giúp thông minh » của Trung Quốc, một công cụ tìm kiếm và hỗ trợ miễn phí, nhưng theo Daniel Andler, một nhà triết học và cũng là một nhà nghiên cứu về toán và khoa học người Mỹ, lịch sử đã chứng minh rằng, cứ mỗi lần mà một công cụ sản xuất, hay một dịch vụ không còn là một thứ xa xỉ phẩm mà trở thành một mặt hàng đại chúng thì đó là một sự « đảo lộn ».Trong trường hợp này, Deepseek đã mang lại nhiều sự đảo lộn cùng một lúc mà đầu tiên hết là một « bước đại nhẩy vọt của Trung Quốc về mặt kỹ thuật và giá cả ».Công ty khởi nghiệp ở Hàng Châu do doanh nhân còn trẻ tuổi Lương Văn Phong lập ra mới chỉ cách này 2 năm, đã trình làng một công cụ « hiệu quả tương đương, thậm chí là thông minh hơn » so với các đối thủ cạnh tranh ở Hoa Kỳ. Deepseek cũng đã được phát triển từ những thiết bị « thô thiển hơn » so với những gì mà các kỹ sư ở Mỹ đã có trong tay để « nuôi dưỡng trí tuệ nhân tạo ».Để có được « sản phẩm mới », căn cứ vào các thông tin chính thức của Deepseek, ứng dùng này chỉ cần chưa đầy 6 triệu đô la để phát triển. Trong khi đó Open AI với ChatGPT của Mỹ do tỷ phú Sam Altman điều hành phải đầu tư hơn 100 triệu đô la.« Hàng rẻ » higt tech Trung Quốc sẽ tràn ngập thế giới Với ứng dụng « thông minh » của Deepseek Trung Quốc có điều kiện để trở thành « công xưởng » của thế giới kể cả trong những lĩnh vực công nghệ tiên tiến nhất. Guillaume Graillet, phóng viên của tuần báo Pháp Le Point phụ trách mục công nghệ cao, nói đến một sự « phục thù » của Bắc Kinh  « Đây là một sự phục thù, như ông Lý Khai Phục (Kai Fu Lee) một doanh nhân hàng đầu trong lĩnh vực công nghệ cao của Trung Quốc đã dự báo trong một cuốn sách ông cho ra mắt độc giả đã từ khá lâu nay. Về trận chiến giữa Mỹ và Trung Quốc về trí tuệ nhân tạo, họ Lý đã trông thấy trước một ngày nào đó Trung Quốc sẽ vượt trội, nhờ mô hình mã nguồn mở -open source. Ngoài ra, thành công của Deepseek cũng là thất bại của các chính sách kềm tỏa công nghệ Trung Quốc phát triển mà chính quyền Biden đã theo đuổi và chắc chắn là tổng thống Trump sẽ còn mạnh tay hơn. Điểm thứ ba ở đây là Trung Quốc, trên nguyên tắc, đã phát triển ứng dụng thông minh từ những bọ điện tử không thuộc thế hệ tiên tiến nhất -thậm chí là bị chậm mất so với các đối thủ ở Mỹ đến 2 thế hệ về chip điện tử, vậy mà họ vẫn có những sản phẩm rất tốt. Điều này làm tôi liên tưởng đến trường hợp của Hoa Vi. Mỹ cũng đã tìm mọi cách để ngăn cản nhà cung cấp thiết bị viễn thông này phát triển, nhưng họ vẫn hoạt động rất tốt ở châu Phi và nhiều nơi trên thế giới ».Chiến lược của các doanh nghiệp Mỹ hết hiệu quả ?Gilles Babinet, đồng chủ tịch Hội Đồng Quốc Gia về Công Nghệ Kỹ Thuật Số của Pháp nhấn mạnh nếu như Mỹ trông cậy vào những trung tâm xử ký dữ liệu cồng kềnh, mà tiêu biểu nhất là thông báo của Nhà Trắng đầu tư 500 tỷ đô la để xây dựng các « data center » khổng lồ, thì trái lại, Trung Quốc tập trung vào một mô hình « gọn và nhẹ » ít hao tốn năng lượng hơn.« Trung Quốc là yếu tố mới khuynh đảo chiến lược phát triển của các đại tập đoàn công nghệ cao ở Hoa Kỳ. Mỹ dựa vào sức mạnh của sự sáng tạo và của đồng tiền. Các ông chủ trong lĩnh vực high tech ở Mỹ chủ trương đầu tư thật nhiều tiền, lấy đó làm vũ khí để triệt hạ hết các đối thủ cạnh tranh. Họ chủ trương mở những trung tâm xử lý dữ liệu -data center khổng lồ để không một ai đủ vốn và đủ sức mở những data center khác to hơn là của Mỹ. Hoa Kỳ hiện trong giai đoạn xây dựng các data center kiểu này. Nhưng cần phải nói đây là các khoản đầu từ chưa thu về được lãi. Trong lúc mà Hoa Kỳ đầu tư biết bao nhiêu tiền của để mở các ‘nhà máy' xử lý data cực lớn, và cực mạnh thì Deepseek bắt mọi người phải giật mình : công ty khởi nghiệp này không cần những data center đồ sộ như của Mỹ mà vẫn có thể cung cấp các dịch vụ hỗ trợ hiệu quả như các đối thủ Hoa Kỳ. Điều đó cho thấy tiền bạc và khả năng huy động thật nhiều vốn không là những yếu tố quyết định duy nhất để phát triển » Yếu tố Mỹ trong sự thành công của Trung QuốcKhông được tiếp cận với các thiết bị hiện đại như Mỹ, các doanh nghiệp Trung Quốc đã có nhiều cách xoay xở khác nhau. Vẫn ông Gilles Babinet, thuộc Hội Đồng Quốc Gia về Công Nghệ Kỹ Thuật Số của Pháp cho rằng, vô hình chung, chính sách trừng phạt của Mỹ đã tạo lực đẩy cho những công ty Trung Quốc như Deepseek : « Mỹ áp dụng chính sách ‘lấy thịt đè người. Mang rất nhiều tiền ra để thiên hạ khiếp sợ. Không ai có điều kiện để đầu tư như Mỹ và do vậy họ chỉ đi theo sau và phải dựa vào các doanh nghiệp Mỹ. Sam Altman, chủ nhân Open AI từ một năm rưỡi nay đã loan báo cho ra đời những sản phẩm mới, nhưng vẫn chưa thấy ChatGPT thế hệ 5 xuất hiện trên thị trường. Trong khi đó thì công ty khởi nghiệp của Trung Quốc lại có những ứng dụng thông minh hiệu quả. Đây là một thành công về mặt khoa học, bởi vì Trung Quốc sử dụng một phương pháp khác để phát triển AI. Họ cũng bắt buộc phải đi tìm một con đường khác. Lý do là, dưới tác động của các chính sách trừng phạt Washington ban hành, các hãng Trung Quốc không tiếp cận được với các loại chip tiên tiến nhất. Bản thân nhà cung cấp thiết bị Nvidia, một tập đoàn của Mỹ đã thừa nhận rằng cấm xuất khẩu cho Trung Quốc cũng vô ích, bởi Trung Quốc có khả năng phát triển những ứng dụng hiệu quả từ những bọ điện tử không thuộc dòng ‘đẳng cấp' nhất. Deepseek chứng minh rằng dù chỉ được sử dụng chip đi sau đến 2 thế hệ so với các đối thủ ở Hoa Kỳ, trí tuệ nhân tạo của Trung Quốc vẫn lợi hại ».AI và vế địa chính trị Liệu rằng trí tuệ nhân tạo Trung Quốc đang « xào lại » bàn cờ địa chính trị trên thế giới hay không khi mà ngay cả trong một lĩnh vực công nghệ mũi nhọn như AI, theo sát nút Hoa Kỳ không phải là châu Âu hay Nhật Bản, Hàn Quốc mà lại là một công ty khởi nghiệp ít được biết đến của Trung Quốc.Charles Thibout, chuyên nghiên cứu về khía cạnh địa chính trị trong mảng công nghiệp kỹ thuật số, cộng tác viên của Viện Quan Hệ Quốc Tế và Chiến Lược IRIS của Pháp cho rằng còn quá sớm để kết luận là Trung Quốc đang làm thay đổi cục diện chiến trận AI :« Sự xuất hiện của công ty khởi nghiệp Trung Quốc trong lĩnh vực trí tuệ nhân tạo là một điều đáng khích lệ về mặt sáng tạo và kỹ thuật. Tuy nhiên tôi không dám nghĩ rằng Deepseek làm thay đổi bàn cờ trong trận đấu về AI giữa Hoa Kỳ với Trung Quốc. Với công cụ thông minh để hỗ trợ người sử dụng này, Trung Quốc đã có một bước ‘đại nhẩy vọt' để giành được một chỗ đứng ngang hàng với Mỹ trong một lĩnh vực còn rất mới mẻ. Nhưng bước kế tiếp, chúng ta phải tìm hiểu xem công cụ này được sử dụng như thế nào, để dùng vào việc gì … Tất cả mới chỉ bắt đầu, chưa thể biết được Deepseek hữu ích đến đâu ».Hết thành kiến về vai trò của Đảng và sự sáng tạo ? Cũng chuyên gia Charles Thibout viện IRIS thận trọng cho rằng, trong các thông cáo chính thức của Trung Quốc về những thành tích vượt bực của ứng dụng Deepseek cũng có một phần yếu tố « tuyên truyền » để chứng minh rằng, không gì kềm tỏa được quyết tâm của Bắc Kinh trở thành một cường quốc công nghệ thời đại kỹ thuật số.Điều đó không cấm cản, sự trỗi dậy của Deepseek là một bằng chứng cho thấy rằng, chính sách kiểm duyệt của đảng Cộng Sản Trung Quốc không hoàn toàn bóp ngạt sức sáng tạo và khả năng đổi mới trong làng công nghệ cao của quốc gia này.  Về phía Hoa Kỳ, Lầu Năm Góc từ lâu nay đã theo dõi sát tiến trình phát triển công nghệ cao của Trung Quốc kể từ khi quốc gia châu Á này đề ra mục tiêu làm chủ công nghệ « thông minh nhân tạo ».« Từ lâu nay Hoa Kỳ đã theo dõi sát tiến trình phát triển công nghệ của Trung Quốc, đặc biệt là từ khi Bắc Kinh công bố kế hoạch phát triển AI. Năm 2014 Lầu Năm Góc đã có hẳn một chiến lược phát triển công nghệ tránh để bị Trung Quốc qua mặt về quân sự và trong nhiều lĩnh vực khác nữa. Năm 2017 Bắc Kinh khởi động một kế hoạch quy mô để phát triển công nghệ trí tuệ nhân tạo. Trong giai đoạn 2017-2025 hàng năm Trung Quốc đầu tư 70 tỷ đô la cho AI và từ khi đó AI trở thành một vấn đề về địa chính trị. Cũng 2017, ở Matxcơva ông Vladimir Putin giải thích quyền lực trên thế giới thuộc về quốc gia nào làm chủ công nghệ AI. Từ khi đó tất cả mọi người đều chú ý đến AI ». Trung Quốc và Mỹ chia nhau thị trường thế giới  Nói cách khác, không ai ngạc nhiên trước sự trỗi dậy của Trung Quốc trong lĩnh vực trí tuệ nhân tạo nói riêng, trong thế giới « high tech » nói chung khi biết rằng từ hơn một thập niên qua, Bắc Kinh đã có hẳn chiến lược phát triển công nghệ cao.Chỉ riêng về AI, trong lúc tại Hoa Lục có hơn 4500 công ty chỉ tập trung phát triển các công cụ hỗ trợ thông minh thì Pháp hiện mới chỉ có từ 600 đến 800 star up mạo hiểm trong một lĩnh vực còn mới mẻ này.Một điểm nổi bật khác là vào lúc mà giới trong ngành chú ý vào những tiến bộ hay kế hoạch đầu tư của các tập đoàn lớn ở Trung Quốc như Baidu chẳng hạn thì những bước đột phá lại xuất phát từ những công ty nhỏ, ít được truyền thông nhắc tới. Cũng chính nhờ ít « nổi tiếng » nên những doanh nghiệp như Deepseek mới dễ xoay xở và thoát lưới trừng phạt của Hoa Kỳ.Cuối cùng, như bà Rebecca Arcesati, thuộc trung tâm nghiên cứu Merics của Đức chuyên về hồ sơ Trung Quốc ghi nhận « hiện tượng » Deepseek làm chính giới ở Washington rúng động bởi Bắc Kinh đang thu hẹp khoảng cách với Hoa Kỳ kể cả trong những lĩnh vực mà đến nay Mỹ vẫn tự coi là « một mình một chợ ». Tâm trạng đó chắc chắn sẽ là củi lửa để các doanh nghiệp Mỹ và nhất là Lầu Năm Góc tăng tốc các chương trình phát triển « công nghệ thông minh » để tiếp tục thống lĩnh toàn cầu.

Abigaël Vasselier, Director Policy & European Affairs at MERICS, just returned from a trip to Washington DC where she discussed transatlantic China policies with US counterparts. In this conversation with Claudia Wessling, MERICS Director of Communications & Publications, Abigael talks about the challenges that lie ahead for the EU in the coming months in managing its relations with China and the United States under President Donald Trump.This podcast is part of the project “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700.Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

China is vying for leadership in quantum research and applications. But it is still early days, and front runners and technical approaches have not yet been consolidated. Johannes Heller-John talks to Antonia Hmaidi, Senior Analyst at MERICS and lead of the MERICS' data task force, and Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau, Head of Program "Science, Technology and Innovation" at MERICS, about China's race for quantum leadership. Their most recent report “China's long view on Quantum Tech has the US and the EU playing catch up” is part of the China Tech Observatory and sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

After months of weak economic performance, Beijing has introduced a series of measures aimed at stabilizing the economy. They include a 10 trillion yuan local government debt restructuring package.To shed light on the blatant levels of local government indebtedness, Claudia Wessling, Director Communications and Publications at MERICS, talks to Victor Shih and Max Zenglein. Victor is a professor of political science, director of the 21st Century China Center at the School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations at UC San Diego. Max is the Chief Economist at MERICS and the driving force behind the Economic Indicators, a quarterly series of analyses for MERICS members that puts China's economic statistics into context. --This podcast episode is part of the “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. 

What will the renewed election of Donald Trump to the White House mean for the United States' already complicated relations with China? How does China discuss Trump, both on an informal and expert level, but also in the official realm? And how does all of this concern the EU and member states?To answer these questions Claudia Wessling, Director Communications and Publications at MERICS, talks to Jude Blanchette and Katja Drinhausen. Jude is one of the most outstanding US experts on China. He holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. Jude has written for a range of publications, including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times. He also serves as a public intellectual fellow at the National Committee on United States-China Relations. Katja is the Head of the MERICS program researching China's politics and society. Her research focuses on the development of China's legal and governance system. Katja is one lead researchers of “China Spektrum,” a joint research project with the China Institute of the University of Trier funded by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. The project analyzes expert and public debates in China. It was previously only available in German, but is now published in English as well. 

Dive into China's complex involvement in the Middle East with Barbara Kelemen and our host, Dominic Bowen. Covering vast topics from China's Belt and Road Initiative, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, how China is balancing its strategic partnership with Iran, and China's relationship with Afghanistan since the US withdrawal of troops. Barbara Kelemen studied in China (Peking University) and London (LSE), earning a double degree in International History. She has specialized in international security and relations, focusing primarily on China and its relations with the Middle East. After graduating, Barbara joined MERICS but then decided to join the private intelligence sector where she has now been for 5 years.  Barbara works for Dragonfly Intelligence (a UK-based geopolitical advisory) but moved to Singapore 1.5 year ago, where she is head of their Asia office. Dragonfly Intelligence advise clients how to anticipate and prepare for major geopolitical and security trends.Barbara's research interests include China's security policy, China-Middle East relations, China-Afghanistan relations, Terrorism in Southeast Asia.The International Risk Podcast is a weekly podcast for senior executives, board members, and risk advisors. In these podcasts, we speak with experts in a variety of fields to explore international relations. Our host is Dominic Bowen, Head of Strategic Advisory at one of Europe's leading risk consulting firms. Dominic is a regular public and corporate event speaker, and visiting lecturer at several universities. Having spent the last 20 years successfully establishing large and complex operations in the world's highest-risk areas and conflict zones, Dominic now joins you to speak with exciting guests around the world to discuss international risk.The International Risk Podcast – Reducing risk by increasing knowledge.Follow us on LinkedIn for all our great updates.Tell us what you liked!

Die Beziehungen zwischen China und den USA sind angespannt. Donald Trump wird wahrscheinlich einen härteren Kurs gegenüber China fahren. Was bedeutet das für Europa? Dazu Mikko Huotari, Direktor des Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). Von WDR 5.

Beijing's global push to establish a global network of ports with Chinese involvement is slowing. Today's guests Clark Banach, Program Director at the Alethia Research Institution and former MERICS Futures Fellow, and Jacob Gunter, Lead Analyst at MERICS, discuss the development and changes in China's global infrastructure investments. In this conversation with Johannes Heller-John, they analyze the aims Beijing wants to achieve by these investments and the impact of Chinese port investments on the European and global market. You can find the interactive map mentioned in the podcast here.--This podcast episode is part of the “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. 

China ist zu einer bedeutenden Wissenschafts- und Technologiemacht geworden. Über Chinas Streben nach Unabhängigkeit in kritischen Technologien wie künstliche Intelligenz, Quanten- oder Bio-Technologie spricht Johannes Heller-John mit Antonia Hmaidi, Senior Analystin am MERICS. Sie leitet die Daten-Taskforce des Instituts und das vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderte Projekt „China Tech Observatory“ (CTO). 

Over the last decade, China's arms makers have gone beyond solely supplying the People's Liberation Army and began to look for overseas markets to supplement sales and support Beijing's geopolitical goals. Arms sales are an often-overlooked aspect of China's global security and economic footprint and can present challenges to European policy makers and arms producers.To discuss this topic Johannes Heller-John is joined by Helena Legarda and Jacob Gunter, both Lead Analysts at MERICS. They are the authors of the recent edition of our China Global Competition Tracker looking at China's arms industry. 

There are many factors that have led to China's more assertive foreign policy, especially under Xi Jinping. In this episode, Helena Legarda discusses the centralization of power within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and how this has influenced China's strategic ambitions on the global stage. She also highlights the increasing role of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in defense diplomacy and how various domestic agencies, including think tanks and local governments, contribute to shaping China's foreign policy.The conversation also touches on the CCP's reliance on nationalism as a source of legitimacy, especially in the face of economic challenges. Helena discusses how this heightened nationalism impacts China's foreign relations and the challenges it poses for the international community.Additionally, the conversation explores the evolving relationship between Europe and China, particularly the European Union's strategy of "de-risking" rather than decoupling from China. Legarda provides insights into how Europe's changing stance towards China might influence global geopolitics and the role that countries like India could play in this new strategic environment.How does China balance its ambitions for global leadership with the growing challenges at home? What role does defense diplomacy play in China's foreign policy? And how are global powers like the EU and India adjusting to China's rising influence?Episode ContributorsHelena Legarda is a lead analyst with MERICS. Her research focuses on China's defense and foreign policies, including their domestic sources and drivers, and their geopolitical impact. Prior to joining MERICS she gained professional experience at the Delegation of the European Union to China and at research and advisory firm China Policy in Beijing. Shibani Mehta is a senior research analyst with the Security Studies Program at Carnegie India. Her research focuses on the India-China boundary dispute with the purpose of analyzing India's foreign and security policy decision-making. She also writes extensively on South Asian regional dynamics and minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific.Additional Readings:The Xi Jinping Doctrine of China's International Relations by Feng ZhangChina's New International Paradigm: Security First by Helena Legarda "Comprehensive National Security" Unleashed: How Xi's approach Shapes China's Policies at Home and Abroad by Katja Drinhausen and Helena Legarda EU-China Relations: De-Risking or De-Coupling − The Future of the EU Strategy Towards China  Every two weeks, Interpreting India brings you diverse voices from India and around the world to explore the critical questions shaping the nation's future. We delve into how technology, the economy, and foreign policy intertwine to influence India's relationship with the global stage.As a Carnegie India production, hosted by Carnegie scholars, Interpreting India, a Carnegie India production, provides insightful perspectives and cutting-edge by tackling the defining questions that chart India's course through the next decade.Stay tuned for thought-provoking discussions, expert insights, and a deeper understanding of India's place in the world.Don't forget to subscribe, share, and leave a review to join the conversation and be part of Interpreting India's journey.

Das Jahr 2024 birgt viele Unsicherheiten für China: Die wirtschaftliche Lage im Land ist schwierig. Vielschichtige Konflikte auf regionaler und internationaler Ebene und die Ergebnisse der Wahlen in der EU und den USA werden sich auch auf China auswirken. Wie geht Beijing die Herausforderungen an? Podcast-Moderator Johannes Heller-John spricht mit dem deutsch-chinesischen Journalisten Shi Ming, einem Kenner von Chinas Innenpolitik. Der Publizist, der für führende Medien tätig ist, war im Sommer 2024 als Senior Fellow zu Gast bei MERICS. 

China's foreign policy has grown more assertive and confident under the leadership of Xi Jinping. How has China's foreign policy evolved and what does this mean for European interests? Johannes Heller-John talks to Akio Takahara about the rivalry between China and the United States, China's relations with Russia, the meaning of the Global South in China's foreign policy – and the worrying tensions in the South China Sea. Akio is a distinguished Visiting professor at the Tokyo Woman's Christian University and professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and a renowned specialist for current politics and diplomacy in China. He also sits on MERICS' International Scientific Council and just recently visited our institute as a Senior Fellow.Recommended reading:How do smaller countries in the Indo-Pacific region proactively interact with China? An introduction, article by Akio Takahara in the Journal of Contemporary East Asian Studies

The Chinese leadership has met in Beijing for the long awaited Third Plenum - a key meeting happening once in five years of the formally highest authority of the Chines Communist Party, the Central Committee. It was a chance to lay out policy decisions to address the many issues the country is facing, including sluggish growth, rising government debt and unemployment. To get a first reaction to what came out from the third plenum, Johannes Heller-John talks to Alexander Davey, Analyst at MERICS. In his view, looking at the issues China is facing “there isn't any new idea or any new way of dealing with this” that came out of the Third Plenum.The Big Data China survey results can be found here.

The long awaited third plenary session of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party will kick off on July 15. In the four-day meeting its 376 members will vote on programmatic decisions prepared by the Politbureau that will aim to solve the pressing economic and social issues the country currently faces.Johannes Heller-John talks with Kristin Shi-Kupfer and Katja Drinhausen about the Third Plenum as well as Chinese debates on the country's current economic challenges and future pathways.Kristin Shi-Kupfer is a professor of Sinology at the University of Trier and a senior associate fellow at MERICS. Katja Drinhausen heads the politics & society program at MERICS. Together they lead the China Spektrum project, which analyzes relevant current debates and positions among Chinese intellectuals and experts, as well as public discussions unfolding on social media platforms and online. China Spektrum is a joint project of the China institute of the University of Trier (CIUT) and the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). The project is made possible by a grant from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.

As the status quo in the Taiwan Strait is increasingly unstable, what can we expect from Taiwan's new president Lai Ching-te when it comes to navigating relations with China? How will the results of the EU elections affect Europe's policies vis-à-vis Taiwan? And how might a change of government in the United States impact the situation? These are some of the questions discussed by Bonnie Glaser, Managing Director of GMF's Indo-Pacific program, and MERICS' Director Policy & European Affairs Abigaël Vasselier in this conversation with Claudia Wessling, Director of Communications and Publications at MERICS.

Chinese investment in Europe has hit a new low according to a new study by MERICS and Rhodium Group on China's Foreign Direct Overseas Investment in the 27 EU member states and the UK. It is the lowest level of investment since 2010. In Hungary, however, investments drastically increased and made up just under half of all FDI in Europe in 2023. Where does Chinese investment in Europe stand, what sectors and countries do Chinese investors focus on and where do we go from here? Johannes Heller-John is joined by two authors of the study, Alexander Brown, Analyst with MERICS focusing on China's industrial and foreign economic policy, and Gregor Sebastian, Senior Analyst with Rhodium Group's China Corporate Advisory team focusing on China's industrial policy and EV industry.

Ahead of the European Parliament election on June 6-9, 2024, this episode looks at the role of the European Parliament in EU-China relations and the possible impact of the election results on the European “de-risking” agenda among other topics. Johannes Heller-John talks to Ivana Karásková and Grzegorz Stec. Ivana is a European China Policy Fellow at MERICS and the founder of MapInfluenCE and China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE) at the Association for International Affairs (AMO) in Prague. Grzegorz is the Head of the MERICS Brussels Office.Recently, Ivana co-authored two reports, one on foreign electoral interference in the EU and one on the rise of fringe parties in the EP and their impact on EU-China relations. Grzegorz has published articles on how EP parties see China and on key lessons learned by Members of the EP during the last mandate.  ---This podcast episode is part of the “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. 

France's Emmanuel Macron got little to show from President Xi Jinping's European tour this month. In this Exchange podcast, MERICS expert Grzegorz Stec explains the difficulty of managing ties with Beijing and why balancing risk and business opportunity is so tricky. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is set to visit Beijing in May to meet with China's leader Xi Jinping. This will be Putin's  first foreign trip after his reinauguration on May 7. The meeting will be another chance for the two leaders to emphasize how important and close the “no limits” partnership of Russia and China is. In this episode of our podcast, we look at the implications of the Sino-Russian relationship for the European Union, in particular due the ongoing invasion of Ukraine and their opposition to and undermining of the existing global order.Johannes Heller-John is joined by Alice Ekman, Senior Analyst in charge of the Asia portfolio at the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris and Helena Legarda, Lead Analyst at MERICS. In their view, the China-Russia relationship is more stable than is often assumed. ---This podcast episode is part of the “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

In this year's government work report at the National People's Congress, the issue of science and technology was mentioned more often than any other. Why does the Chinese government put so much focus on science and technology? What does this mean for other pressing issues that the Communist Party is facing? And what does it mean for Europe and the United States? To discuss these questions Johannes Heller-John is joined by Barry Naughton and Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau. Barry Naughton is So Kwan Lok Chair of Chinese International Affairs at the School of Global Policy and Strategy UC San Diego and co-leading research on China's science, technology, innovation, and industrial policy at the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC). Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau is Head of Program of “Science, Technology and Innovation” at MERICS, and his research focuses on strategic emerging industries, research collaboration and tech transfers. MERICS and the IGCC are working together on China's innovation ecosystem, which already led to a conference and a series of Policy Briefs on the issue.

The high-level EU-China people-to-people dialogue is planned to be resumed this spring. The last installment happened in 2020, and this podcast episode looks at the relevance and aims of the format and what might be considered as a successful outcome. Claudia Wessling, MERICS Director of Communications and Publications, is joined by Jean-Louis Rocca, Katja Drinhausen and Abigaël Vasselier. Jean-Louis is a professor at the renowned Sciences Po University in Paris, and a member of the EU-funded project China Horizons – Dealing with a resurgent China, a project that MERICS is part of as well. Katja is the Head of Program for our Politics and Society research team at MERICS and Abigaël is a Director for Policy and European Affairs at the institute.This podcast episode is part of the “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Obtaining crucial information from and on China is becoming increasingly difficult for governments, businesses and researchers alike. “Geopolitics is a big factor,” says MERICS Associate Fellow Vincent Brussee “but there are many other dynamics that are intrinsically tied to how the Chinese political system works.”He is the co-author of a recent MERICS report on the topic and joins Johannes Heller-John in this episode. Vincent is a PhD Candidate at Leiden University and author of the book “Social Credit: The Warring States of China's Emerging Data Empire”. You can find the report “The increasing challenge of obtaining information from Xi's China” by Vincent Brussee and Kai von Carnap here.

Beijing's industrial policy increasingly puts the focus on the cultivation of high-tech small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This MERICS Podcast episode looks at the emergence of China's “Little Giants,” as well as Beijing's goals, key policies, and implications for foreign companies. We also delve into developments in medical technologies, one of the key sectors outlined in the “Made in China 2025” strategy. Christine Krüger talks with MERICS analysts Alexander Brown and François Chimits. They are the co-authors of two MERICS reports on the topic: “Accelerator state: How China fosters ‘Little Giant' companies” and “Investigating state support for China's medical technology companies.”

What are the most pressing issues in EU-China relations in 2024? What does Europe need to focus on in managing relations with China? How might China seek to exploit the campaign season, in which Europe will be preoccupied with its own problems? In this podcast, Abigaël Vasselier, Director Policy & European Affairs/Head of Program Foreign Relations at MERICS, discusses these and other questions with Claudia Wessling, Director Communications and Publications.This podcast episode is part of the “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Shortly before the presidential elections on January 13, author and journalist – and former MERICS Senior Policy Fellow – Angela Köckritz travelled to Taiwan to follow the debates on the ground. In this MERICS podcast, she talks to Claudia Wessling about an exciting head-to-head race, Taiwan's approaches to deal with increasing disinformation and fake news from China and the debate about military service and defense policies. She recently wrote a MERICS Report on China's disinformation offensive in Taiwan.

China is an important source of cyberattacks on Europe and institutional changes have created a more flexible and sophisticated state-affiliated Chinese hacking scene. What differentiates Chinese hacking from that of other actors? What are its goals? And how can we deal with it?Antonia Hmaidi, Analyst at MERICS with a focus on China's internet infrastructure and its disinformation and hacking campaigns, is joining Johannes Heller-John to answer these questions. Antonia is the author of a recent study called “Here to stay” – Chinese state-affiliated hacking for strategic goals”.

European countries have become more aligned on how to deal with China in the past years, but national approaches towards the country still vary. In this episode, we zoom in on Austria, Denmark, and Ireland and how their relationships with China have evolved, how they work with Brussels on China issues, and what is in store for the near future.Johannes Heller-John is joined by Alexander Davey, analyst at MERICS, Lucas Erlbacher, research associate with the Austrian Institute for European and Security Studies, and Andreas Forsby, senior researcher with the Danish Institute for International Studies. They contributed the country chapters for Ireland, Austria, and Denmark, respectively, in the most recent report of the European Thinktank Network on China (ETNC).

The EU-China Summit on December 7-8 in Beijing will see EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, while Premier Li Qiang is expected to chair. It is the first summit in this format held in person in four years. It takes place in a difficult geopolitical environment where China's relations with the EU as well as the US are marred by thorny issues like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, tensions over Taiwan, and disagreements about market access.What issues are likely to be on the agenda? What outcomes can we expect? And what is on the table in EU-China relations in 2024? To discuss these questions, Claudia Wessling is joined by Abigaël Vasselier, Director Policy & European Affairs and Head of Program of the MERICS research team on China's Foreign Relations. In her previous position, Abigaël worked as Deputy Head of Division for China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Mongolia at the European External Action Service (EEAS). This podcast episode is part of the “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700.Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

How have Chinese attempts to shape the public opinion in Europe evolved? How does it differ from Russian disinformation? And how does the EU try to counter it? In this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, Johannes Heller-John talks to Ivana Karásková and Grzegorz Stec. Ivana is a European China Policy Fellow at MERICS and the founder of projects MapInfluenCE and China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE) at Association for International Affairs (AMO) in Prague. She is also a Special Advisor to Vice-President of the European Commission Věra Jourová, for the preparation of the Defense of Democracy package. Grzegorz Stec is Analyst in the Brussels Bureau of MERICS.Together with Katja Drinhausen and Mareike Ohlberg, they are the authors of the recent MERICS Report “Image control: How China struggles for discourse power”. This podcast episode, as well as the above-mentioned study, are part of a research project funded by the German Foreign Office.Further reading mentioned in the episode: Foreign Electoral Interference Affecting EU Democratic Processes by Ivana Karásková, Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, and Kara Němečková of the Association for International Affairs (AMO)

The year 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese government in 2013. By now, the BRI is more than just ports and rail lines and its projects covers a variety of sectors like energy, telecommunications, digital, health, education, and culture. How has the BRI changed in the last decade? What mark has it left abroad and at home? And how do initiatives from the EU and the US fare in comparison? Clark Banach, Futures Fellow at MERICS and Program Director at the Alethia Research Institution, and Jacob Gunter, Lead Analyst at MERICS, join Johannes Heller-John to answer these questions.

After a decade in power, party and state leader Xi Jinping has fundamentally reshaped China's political economy in pursuit of the Chinese Communist Party's long-term goal: to return to a strong and prosperous China at the heart of the global economy. As the CCP approaches the 2023 Third Plenum, an event which will give important indications on the future of China's economy, Christine Krüger is talking to Bert Hofman, Director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, and Senior Associate Fellow at MERICS, and Jacob Gunter, Lead Analyst in the Economy program at MERICS.Jacob is also the co-author with MERICS Chief Economist Max J. Zenglein of a new MERICS Report titled “The party knows best: aligning economic actors with China's strategic goals” that analyzes the meaning of the fundamental shifts in China's economic governance that are currently unfolding.

Wie versucht Beijing das Chinabild in Deutschland und Europa zu prägen? Was unternimmt die chinesische Regierung, um Kritik zu unterbinden? Und wo hört legitime Eigenwerbung auf und fängt Propaganda an? Zu diesen und anderen Fragen spricht Johannes Heller-John mit Katja Drinhausen, Leiterin des Programms Politik und Gesellschaft am MERICS, und Mareike Ohlberg, Senior Fellow im Indopazifik Programm des German Marshall Funds. Sie geben Einblicke in die Formen chinesischer Einflussnahme in Deutschland und einen möglichen Umgang damit.Zusammen mit MERICS Analyst Grzegorz Stec und European China Policy Fellow Ivana Karásková sind sie Mitautorinnen einer neuen Studie zu chinesischer Einflussnahme mit dem Titel Studie „Image control: How China struggles for discourse power“. Diese Podcastfolge wie auch die MERICS-Studie sind Teil eines vom Auswärtigen Amt geförderten Forschungsprojekts.

China's efforts to advance national innovation face difficulties in times of decoupling and de-risking. Together with Tai Ming Cheung, Director of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and Professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at University of California, San Diego, and Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau, Head of the Science, Technology and Innovation Program at MERICS, Johannes Heller-John discusses China's national innovation system, the threat of the militarization of science and technology, the role of science diplomacy and the importance of more clarity with regards to what does and what does not fall under national security.The conversation was recorded during the conference on Chinese National Innovation and Techno-Industrial Eco-Systems, which was held on September 5 and 6, 2023 at MERICS in Berlin. 

Chinas Regierung findet, dass die chinesischen Kinder und Jugendlichen zu viel Zeit im Internet verbringen. Pro Tag sollen sie bald nur noch eine bestimmte Zeit lang online gehen dürfen. Offiziell, um Internetsucht zu bekämpfen. Die Tech-Konzerne müssen mitziehen - das letzte Wort aber haben die Eltern.Mit: Antonia Hmaidi, Analystin beim Mercator Institute for China Studies.Sie haben Fragen, Anmerkungen oder Ideen? Schreiben Sie eine E-Mail an podcasts@ntv.deSie wollen keine Folge mehr verpassen? Dann abonnieren Sie "Wieder was gelernt" ab sofort als Push-Nachricht in der ntv App.Sie wollen den Podcast abonnieren? RTL+ Musik, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify oder über den RSS-FeedSie möchten eine Bewertung schreiben? Apple Podcasts, SpotifyUnsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.htmlUnsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://art19.com/privacy. Die Datenschutzrichtlinien für Kalifornien sind unter https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info abrufbar.

The share of electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe that are imported from China could reach 15 percent in 2025, up from six percent in 2022, projected the European Commission in an announcement on September 13, where it also launched an investigation into whether Chinese EV-imports are benefiting from unfair state subsidies and should be imposed with tariffs. Ilaria Mazzocco, Senior Fellow with the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and Gregor Sebastian, Analyst at MERICS, talk to Johannes Heller-John about how Chinese EV-manufacturers have become so important, current trends in the country's EV industry, and implications for European governments and manufacturers. They are the co-authors of a new CSIS report called “Electric shock: Interpreting China's electric vehicle export boom”.

The different interpretations of de-risking, the need for cooperation and the next steps on the EU agenda on economic security are the topics of the final part of our series on de-risking. Johannes Heller-John is joined by Francesca Ghiretti, an Analyst at MERICS focusing on EU-China relations and economic security. Francesca hosted the previous episodes with Emily Benson, Director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, on the US and de-risking, and with Kazuto Suzuki, Director of the Institute of Geo-economics in Tokyo, on Japan and de-risking. This podcast series was recorded at the sidelines of the Advancing Economic Security Forum in Berlin in July 2023.

In July 2023, MERICS hosted the Advancing Economic Security Forum, previously known as the Allied Economic Forum. The discussions on what goods and investments should flow freely and which should be put under more scrutiny, on what constitutes military or civilian uses of goods and services and on how the global economic landscape is changing, are part of an ongoing and expanding field concerned with economic security. Due to its global power and influence, China is a major factor in the discussions between the US and its allies and partners around the world.In this first episode of our short series on de-risking, MERICS Analyst Francesca Ghiretti talks to Emily Benson, Director of the Project on Trade and Technology at CSIS, about the US' understanding of de-risking, export controls and the importance of Europe for the US in the area of economic security. The interview was recorded at the sidelines of the Advancing Economic Security Forum.

China has extended its High-Speed Rail network from about 9.000 to 42.000 km of tracks with a fleet of Chinese made trains running on it. The first fully domestically engineered passenger aircraft C919 has started its commercial service and on June 6, the first domestically built large cruise ship has left Shanghai for sea trials. China is undoubtedly making rapid progress in air, sea and rail transportation.What are China's aims and what challenges does it face on the way? And what does this mean for European industries? To answer these questions, Alexander Brown and Gregor Sebastian, analysts at the economic team at MERICS, join Johannes Heller-John for a conversation. This podcast episode is part of the “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700.Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Get some tablets down you cause we're giving you Headaches this week! Charlie, the main man, has come in to discuss his narrow miss of major label stardom, the perils of being in a band with a significant other, his old band The Merics and of course, his current project.We've got a never before heard EXCLUSIVE cover from Headaches, we discuss Charlie's love of the pub, we slag off Paul Simon (and it's justified) and we reminisce about the turn of the century scene. Tom has a view on deranged inventor Stockton Rush and his victims, AI Tony makes an appearance, we get a window (or porthole) into Niall's mind and much more! your extra music is from: Decay 78, Blacklisted, The Offspring, Robolint, Fake News and Sauna Youth.