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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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.
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articleChristopher Johnson writes in Foreign Affairs about how Western analysts are overestimating Xi Jinping's weaknesses.
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paperIn this timely paper, Andrew Chubb writes about the Taiwan Strait crisis and the more likely contingencies of China seizing one of Taiwan's outlying islands.
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speechKevin Rudd talks about China's competing ideological and economic objectives in 2023 in his inaugural China Matters Oration co-hosted with the University of Queensland
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paperIn his most recent paper, Lyle J. Morris compares and contrasts the approach to China employed by the NSS and NDS of the Trump and Biden administrations.
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articleAsia Society Australia Executive Director of Policy, Richard Maude, writes his forecast for 2023.
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paperGuoguang Wu writes about the emergence of military-industrial technocrats among China's top leaders and what it means for the country's future.
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articleBates Gill and Evan Medeiros write in South China Morning Post about how the visit by U.S. Secretary Anthony Blinken to China can bring stability to the relationship between the two countries.
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articleJohanna Costigan and Jin Ye have written about Beijing's decision to reverse its zero COVID-policy and the lack of data in The Diplomat.