Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

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The Europe-China Resilience Audit: Insights for advancing European resilience

Grzegorz Stec, Helena Legarda

Report

Oct 31, 2024

Updating the EU strategy on China: Co-existence while de-risking through partnerships

Dr. Alicia García-Herrero, Abigaël Vasselier

External publication

Oct 31, 2024

Chinese Debates

Ahead of the US elections, Chinese scholars highlight prolonged US-China competition

Alexander Davey

Comment

Nov 04, 2024

US citizens cast their votes during early voting for the Presidential General Election at polling station in Chicago, Illinois on November 3, 2024 ahead of the November 5th general election.

Topics

EU-China

Party and State

Climate and Environment

Industrial Policy and Technology

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Trade and Investment

US-China

Hongkong

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Chinese Debates

A worker makes lace products on a production line at a smart textile production workshop in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, Sept 20, 2024.

Industrial Policy and Technology

Network data regulations + Smart manufacturing + Biologics

Alexander Brown, Andreas Mischer

MERICS Briefs

Nov 06, 2024

Industrial Policy and Technology

Europe’s economic security agenda needs far better techno-industrial intelligence

Comment

Oct 28, 2024

China’s new space science plan + BRICS Summit + Steel exports

MERICS Briefs

Oct 25, 2024

EU-China EV row + China’s stock market rally wilts + Labeling of AI-generated content

MERICS Briefs

Oct 10, 2024

Experts

RebeccaArcesati

Rebecca Arcesati

JeroenGroenewegenLau

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

MaxZenglein

Max J. Zenglein

Please give us your opinion: How important is it for EU member states to present a unified stance in their dealings with China?

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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Chinese Vice President Han Zheng at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia on September 4, 2024

China signals its willingness to play a proactive role in Russia-Ukraine relations, if conditions are suitable

Helena Legarda, Eva Seiwert, Claus Soong, Abigaël Vasselier

Tracker

Oct 09, 2024

What a Trump re-election would mean for Taiwan

Comment

Nov 01, 2024

Anti-Western or non-Western? The nuanced geopolitics of BRICS

Comment

Oct 25, 2024

Competing with China in Africa (Friedrich Naumann Foundation)

External publication

Sep 27, 2024

Experts

Abigael Vasselier

Abigaël Vasselier

HelenaLegarda

Helena Legarda

HuotariMikko

Mikko Huotari

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Chinese firms prepare to take a piece of the weight-loss drug market

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Comment

Sep 26, 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Large language model development in China thrives, but geopolitics may spell trouble

Comment

Sep 26, 2024

Digital connectivity

Chinese telcos join rush to build AI models despite chip shortage

Sep 26, 2024

Digital connectivity

Profile: Huawei

Sep 26, 2024

We are hiring a Senior/Lead Analyst (f/m/d) for Chinese Politics and Society.

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