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As the country with the largest population, economy, and military in Asia, China exerts tremendous influence on day-to-day developments and long-term trends related to international security, prosperity, and sustainability in the region and across the globe. As its power and influence grow, China’s rise will continue to shape power dynamics in the Asia-Pacific and raise questions about the future of regional and international order.

ASPI convenes strategic dialogues and discussions and produces reports and expert commentary to deepen understanding about China and its impact on the region, as well as expand cooperation among China, the United States, and other Asia-Pacific countries. ASPI President Kevin Rudd leads an initiative on the future of U.S.-China relations . Additionally, The China Dashboard: Tracking China’s Economic Reform Program, a joint project of the Asia Society Policy Institute and the Rhodium Group, tracks China’s progress toward its self-defined reform objectives in 10 essential economic policy clusters. And through its initiative Toward a Northeast Asia Carbon Market, ASPI provides insights into the future of sustainability in Northeast Asia and emphasizes China’s integral role.

Featured Initiatives

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    The Avoidable War: An Alternative Future for U.S.-China Relations

    An initiative seeking to manage distrust and conflict between the U.S. and China.
  • A computer chip with the Chinese flag, 3d conceptual illustration.
    report

    Stacking the Deck: China’s Influence in International Technology Standards Setting

    Examines China’s influence in digital rule-setting and the implications for global technology competition.
  • WBRI
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    Weaponizing the Belt and Road Initiative

    Report on BRI projects' strategic and military implications for China, the region, and the United States.
  • Belt and Road Initiative Martix Data Visualization
    report

    Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative

    Recommendations to ensure beneficial and sustainable BRI outcomes.
  • China Dashboard Page Image

    The China Dashboard: Tracking China's Economic Reform Program

    Using hard data to analyze China's economy under Xi Jinping.
  • Chinese workers ride in a boat through a large floating solar farm project under construction by the Sungrow Power Supply Company on a lake caused by a collapsed and flooded coal mine on June 13, 2017 in Huainan, Anhui province, China. The floating solar field is billed as the largest in the world. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

    Toward a Northeast Asia Carbon Market

    ASPI initiative to create a roadmap for linking the carbon markets in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
  • The Asia Society Policy Institute convened a Trade Policy Commission in Australia that examined the current trade architecture in the Asia-Pacific. Members include, from left to right, Yoichi Suzuki, Mari Elka Pangestu, Peter Grey, Wendy Cutler, Jong-hoon Kim, and Tu Xinquan. (Julia Bergen/Asia Society Australia)

    Building a High Standard and Inclusive Asia-Pacific Trade Architecture

    An initiative aimed at promoting economic integration in the Asia-Pacific.

Reports

Thermal Power Plant
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Economic and Environmental Impacts of China’s New Nationwide CO2 Emissions Trading System

This paper describes the results from a general equilibrium model that assesses the potential economic, energy mix and emissions impacts of different future policy options under China’s National ETS over the period 2020–2035.
US President Joe Biden (2nd-L), Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd-R), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) announce the Quad Fellowship, a scholarship program that will bring together American, Japanese, Australian and Indian masters and doctoral students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to study in the United States, during the Quad Leaders Summit at Kantei in Tokyo on May 24, 2022.
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The Quad from the Four Corners

ASPI experts analyze the Quad from the perspective of its four members: Japan, Australia, India, and the United States.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (C) meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Quad meeting of foreign ministers in Melbourne on February 11, 2022.
paper

China’s Response to the Quad

Bates Gill writes about China's perspective and concerns about the Quad.
China's National People's Congress - Preview
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The Rise of Xi Jinping’s Young Guards: Generational Change in the CCP Leadership

Read about the generational change of leadership within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) following the 20th Party Congress in this paper by Guoguang Wu.
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report

Getting Asia to Net Zero

The Asia-Pacific could add over 6% to its predicted GDP and create more than 36 million additional jobs by the 2030s by aligning its climate action with the Paris Agreement's 1.5 °C temperature goal and hitting net zero emissions by 2050.
The flag of the United Nations, with media microphones
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Key Factors Shaping China’s Engagement With International Environmental Law

In this paper, Taylah Bland analyzes how China approaches the process of determining its domestic climate agenda while engaging in international environmental law.

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Commentary

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    The Quad: A Backgrounder

    Dominque Fraser writes about the history and evolution of the Quad.
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    China’s Response to the Quad

    Bates Gill writes about China's perspective and concerns about the Quad.
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    Even China Isn’t Convinced it Can Replace the U.S.

    Jessica Chen Weiss warns in an op-ed in The New York Times about the deteriorating U.S.-China relations and how exaggerated fear increases the likelihood of conflict.
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    China's Emissions Trading System is in Need of Attention

    Alistair Ritchie and Yi Chen write that China should speed up the development of its National ETS and fully leverage its potential without hesitation.
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    A Partnership to Save the Planet

    Thom Woodroofe writes on how cooperating on climate change could be the strategic guardrail the United States and China need to stabilize relations.
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    Macron is EU's Best Bet for Swaying China on Ukraine

    Philippe Le Corre writes in Nikkei Asia that European leaders must consider all options, including seeking China's help, to bring the Ukraine crisis to a resolution.
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    China-Saudi Relationship is Evolving Beyond Oil to Help Reshape the Middle East

    Taylah Bland and Rachel Horne write in an op-ed in South China Morning Post about how both Beijing and Riyadh have much to gain from strengthening their partnership.
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    General Equilibrium Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness and Distributional Impacts of China’s Nationwide CO2 Emissions Trading System

    This report presents results from a multi-sector, multi-period general equilibrium model developed and applied to evaluate design options of China’s National ETS, and provides valuable insights for the system’s future development.
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    My Meeting With Jiang Yanyong, the Chinese Doctor Who Dared Speak the Truth About SARS

    Susan Jakes writes in NPR about her meeting in 2003 with Jiang Yanyong who passed away on March 11, 2023.
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    Rise of China’s Military-Industrial Leaders Will Heat Up Race Against the U.S.

    In a recent op-ed in South China Morning Post, Guoguang Wu and Bates Gill share recent research by the CCA on a new faction of military-industrial technocrats in China's political system.

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