Lipsky quoted in the Wire China on China’s cross-border interbank payment system (CIPS)

New Atlanticist Mar 31, 2025

Dispatch from Hong Kong: How the ‘geoeconomic city’ is weathering global headwinds

By Josh Lipsky, Ananya Kumar

From Chinese and US economic growth to stablecoin regulations, a recent visit to Hong Kong offered important insights for two Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center experts.
China Digital Currencies
Lipsky quoted in the Wire China on China’s cross-border interbank payment system (CIPS)

New Atlanticist Mar 25, 2025

Reading between the lines of Taiwan’s new Quadrennial Defense Review

By Kitsch Liao

The recently released Quadrennial Defense Review offers a window into the Taiwanese military’s issues with prioritization, operational readiness, and manpower retention.
China East Asia
Lipsky quoted in the Wire China on China’s cross-border interbank payment system (CIPS)

Report Mar 24, 2025

How Beijing uses inducements as a tool of economic statecraft

By William Piekos

As strategic competition between the United States and China intensifies, Washington and Beijing seek every possible advantage to gain an edge. In this environment, both countries are increasingly turning to economic statecraft—the use of economic coercion or inducement to pursue strategic goals—to advance their interests.
China Economy & Business

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Mar 20, 2022

Lipsky quoted in the Wire China on China’s cross-border interbank payment system (CIPS)

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Mar 18, 2022

Russian War Report: Russia sends military contractors from Georgian breakaway region to Ukraine

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Military contractors from South Ossetia, Belarus' hesitancy to send troops, VPN's, the dilemma US tech companies face over Russian citizens' access, and more.

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Mar 18, 2022

Internationalization of the Renmibi via bilateral swap lines

By Hung Tran

Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine has triggered unprecedented sanctions being imposed by the US, Europe and other countries on various Russian entities. The most important measure so far is denying the Russian central bank access to most of its international reserves held in major world currencies.

China Digital Currencies

In the News

Mar 18, 2022

Shullman quoted in Washington Post: Biden warns China not to help Russia on Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

On March 18, 2022, Global China Hub senior director David Shullman was quoted in Washington Post’s article, “Biden warns China not to help Russia on Ukraine”. “This war is a massive disruption at a terrible time for China,” said Shullman. “Beijing doesn’t know how this will end. … They don’t see an opportunity right now […]

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Mar 18, 2022

CBDC tracker cited in Indian Express

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Mar 17, 2022

Asat quoted in Radio Free Asia on human rights abuses by China on Uyghur student in the US

By Atlantic Council

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Mar 16, 2022

Great power projection in the Middle East: The China-Russia relationship as a force multiplier

By Jonathan Fulton and Li-Chen Sim

The conflict is also likely to provide states in the MENA region, especially oil producing states, with greater leverage over the US and Western allies. The US designation of Qatar as a major non-NATO ally in January 2022 could be seen from this perspective

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2022

China will define the next phase of the Russia-Ukraine war—and the shifting world order

By Ana Palacio

Europe must pay close attention (as should the rest of the world) to China's oscillations, compromises, manipulations, and back-room alliances. It is proving to be an unreliable interlocutor.

China Conflict

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Mar 15, 2022

Chinese Community Building in the Middle East: Chinese in Dubai

By Atlantic Council

Yuting Wang joins the China-MENA podcast to discuss Chinese Community Building in the Middle East: Chinese in Dubai

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Mar 15, 2022

FAST THINKING: What China stands to gain—and lose—by wading into the Ukraine war

By Atlantic Council

How far will these autocrats take their “no limits” friendship?

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