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Li Xunlei on China’s Transport Overcapacity
China’s infrastructure boom has been one of the defining features of its economic transformation. But does its transport infrastructure now exceed what actual demand can support?
We have previously discussed related questions, including wh...
Record of the Press Conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office 2026-09-02
The Taiwan Strait is widely regarded as one of the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoints. Within China’s central party-state apparatus, the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Taiwan Affair...
Zhao Shukai: Rural Reform and the Limited Opening of Policymaking Power
China’s rural reform changed not only policy content but also how policy was made. Localities and grassroots actors gained limited room to test and shape policy, while the centre endorsed and promoted successful practices. Yet no complete,...
Peng Weixue on Cross-Strait Situation
On 7 August 2026, the 12th Cross-Strait Think Tank Academic Forum, themed “Changing Times and the Future of Cross-Strait Relations,” was held in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. The forum was jointly hosted by the Institute of Taiwan Studies at the...
Li Xunlei: Where to Invest in China
China has no shortage of assets, but too few are worth owning. Li Xunlei, chief economist at Zhongtai Financial International Limited, an investment bank, explains that years of investment-led expansion have increased productive capacity fa...
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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.
Research Associate at Center for China and Globalization (CCG)
PhD Candidate in IR @USYD. Research interests: China & US foreign policy, decision theory, international security, behavioral economics, analytic philosophy.
Undergraduate from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Diplomacy.
Oxford PPE & PKU International Communication Interested in media, geopolitics, public discourse, and storytelling.
Undergraduate student at the University of California, Irvine, double majoring in Business Information Management and Sociology.
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