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Henry Huiyao Wang on the Xi-Trump summit: From MAD to MAC
Below is a Q&A with Henry Huiyao Wang, founder and president of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s latest meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump during Xi’s state visit to the United Stat...
No, Cheng Li-wun Did Not Drop the KMT’s “Respective Interpretations”
A September 22, 2026 Wall Street Journal report on Beijing’s Taiwan strategy contains these passages about Kuomintang (KMT) Chair Cheng Li-wun’s April visit to the mainland:
Reshaping consensus
She did, however, use language tha...
Jiang Feng: The Unravelling of German & European Politics
A state election in eastern Germany has become a revealing test of the changing political landscapes of Germany and Europe, writes Jiang Feng, Professor and Chairman of the Council of the Shanghai Academy of Global Governance and Area Studi...
Zhu Feng: Unpacking “Constructive Strategic Stability”
With Xi Jinping expected in Washington soon, now seems as good a time as any to unpack one of the more consequential phrases to emerge from the latest round of China–U.S. diplomacy: “a constructive relationship of strategic stability.” （The...
Zhang Bin: China still needs more investment
The East is Read has previously published extensively on China’s domestic-demand debate, which centres on a basic question: when demand is weak, should policy focus primarily on boosting consumption, or should investment take the lead in ra...
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Frequent China briefings from the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading non-governmental think tank in Beijing.
https://zichenwang.me/ At the non-govt Center for China and Globalization (CCG) after 11 years at Xinhua News Agency. Mid-career Master in Public Policy from Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
Undergraduate from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Diplomacy.
Undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine, double majoring in Business Information Management and Sociology.
PhD Candidate in IR @USYD. Research interests: China & US foreign policy, decision theory, international security, behavioral economics, analytic philosophy.
Oxford PPE & PKU International Communication Interested in media, geopolitics, public discourse, and storytelling.
Research Associate at Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
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