Observing China
Grace Theodoulou, Charles Parton, George Magnus, Gray Sergeant, Athena Tong, Norah M. Huang, Zack LiaoAll the latest news and insights on British-Chinese relations, and China’s evolving posture on the world stage
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| Issues | 145 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 31 hours ago |
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Observing China is the essential newsletter to understand the UK-PRC relationship, explained in the context of global developments.
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Observing China is the essential newsletter to understand the UK-PRC relationship, explained in the context of global developments.
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Observing China is the essential newsletter to understand the UK-PRC relationship, explained in the context of global developments.
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Observing China is the essential newsletter to understand the UK-PRC relationship, explained in the context of global developments.
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Policy Fellow at the China Observatory of the Council on Geostrategy. I previously worked at the Taipei Representative Office in the UK in the Economic Division, carrying out policy and trade analysis in Mandarin and English.
Ex-diplomat for 37 years, focussing on and serving in China. Adviser and fellow at the Council on Geostrategy. Associate fellow at RUSI and MERICS
George Magnus - formerly chief economist UBS, now research associate at Oxford university’s China Centre and at SOAS, author of Red Flags:why Xi’s China is in Jeopardy.
Research Fellow in Indo-Pacific Geopolitics at the Council on Geostrategy
HKger in Tokyo | Visiting Researcher at UTokyo; Research Associate at CSRI; Non-resident Vasey Fellow at PacForum; Young Leader at APF Canada | PRC political warfare, infrastructure resilience, and economic security in East Asia.
Norah Huang is director for international relations and research fellow at the Prospect Foundation, a think tank based in Taipei. Her research focuses on US-China relations and US-Taiwan relations.
Zack Liao is a Research Associate of CSRI and holds a MA in War Studies from King’s College London with a research topic on strategic sealift. He is also the leading political risk consultant on China at a private intelligence company in London.
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