Regional cooperation to bring clean air to South Korea
Author: Tae Yong Jung, Yonsei South Korea’s air quality has improved remarkably over the past 20 years. The annual average concentrations of particulate matter...
US-China trade rapprochement round one
Author: Yao Yang, Peking University The conclusion of phase one of the trade negotiations between the United States and China has been welcomed by...
Fiat Chrysler in Talks With Foxconn to Develop Electric Cars
Fiat Chrysler is in talks with the Taiwanese company Foxconn to develop and manufacture battery-powered vehicles, the U.S.-Italian automaker said on Jan.17. Fiat Chrysler...
Auto Industry Cautious as China Starts 2020 With Forecast of a 2% Sales Decline
BEIJING/SHANGHAI—Automakers in China need to get used to a new normal of “low speed growth” in the world’s largest car market, the country’s top...
Difficult times for China’s political elite
Author: Ryan Manuel, Official China Ltd. In Zhongnanhai, the Beijing compound where China’s Communist Party leaders reside and conduct business, 2019 was a bad...
Strengthening the ASEAN-centric multilateral security architecture
Author: Sarah Teo, RSIS For a good part of the post-Cold War period, ASEAN enjoyed relative success as the central multilateral organisation in its...
China seen to be complying with US trade war deal by allowing…
China’s central bank has stood back from intervention so far this year and let market forces push up the yuan’s exchange rate ahead of...
Iran and the China–Russia pivot in Eurasia
Author: Micha’el Tanchum, AIES and Truman Institute Iran’s integration into the China–Russia Eurasian architecture is as complicated as it is consequential for economic and...