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.
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reportThis 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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articlePhilipp Ivanov writes about the power dynamic between Beijing and Moscow in Foreign Policy.
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articleSusan Jakes writes in NPR about her meeting in 2003 with Jiang Yanyong who passed away on March 11, 2023.
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articleIn 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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articleAsia Society Australia Executive Director of Policy, Richard Maude's explainer on AUKUS.
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articleJohanna Costigan and Lery Hiciano write in Nikkei Asia about Japan's ties with Taiwan and the securitization of the country's economic approach to China.
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articleJing Qian and Haolan Wang trace the most significant shifts and probable outcomes of this year's Two Sessions (两会) and why they matter for policy-making in China.
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articlePhilipp Ivanov writes in the Financial Review that China and the United States are the only powers outside Russia and Ukraine that can change the course of the conflict.
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articleJessica Chen Weiss writes about what the U.S. should do to deter China over Taiwan in an op-ed published in The Washington Post
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articleTaylah Bland writes about how China has capitalized on discounted coal from Russia as a consequence of the invasion of Ukraine and how it affects China's commitments to decarbonization.