China

State of the Order: Assessing April 2021

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

FAST THINKING: Mars, with Chinese characteristics

By Atlantic Council

What does China's arrival on Mars mean for the great-power space race? What are the military implications? Our space experts phoned home with the answers.

How to leverage the Quad to counter China’s Digital Sinosphere

By Mark Linscott, Anand Raghuraman

China’s growing ambition to recode the rules of cyberspace should serve as a wake-up call for the Indo-Pacific’s leading digital democracies to cooperate.

Reality Check #6: The consequences of an ‘America First’ vaccine policy

By Evan Cooper, Mathew Burrows

The Biden administration has been slow to distribute surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries in need or to facilitate foreign manufacturing of vaccines, squandering a diplomatic opportunity and potentially endangering US security.

Reading list: Central bank digital currencies

By Niels Graham

A comprehensive collection of the most relevant articles on central bank digital currencies.

China-LAC Trade: Four Scenarios in 2035

By Tatiana Prazeres, David Bohl, and Pepe Zhang

Executive Summary Trade between China and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) experienced dramatic growth since the early 2000s. Going forward, China is poised to solidify its position as a leading regional trading partner.  By 2035, trade values will likely reach unprecedented levels. This, accompanied by greater Chinese investment and financial flows, will further increase […]

Taking stocks off the board: The rising threat of delisting in US-China relations

By Jeremy Mark

Chinese listings on US stock exchanges through IPOs have increased 440% from a year ago. This record level of IPOs may be less significant than the numbers suggest, because the regulatory doors in both Washington and Beijing are beginning to close on Chinese share issues in the United States.