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Coronavirus

Xi Jinping visits workerst in Wuhan

The coronavirus outbreak: A stress test for the CCP

What crisis management tells us about China’s governance system

Katja Drinhausen

Policy Brief

Apr 07, 2020

Research

Tracing. Testing. Tweaking.

Kai von Carnap, Katja Drinhausen, Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Report

Jun 24, 2020

Banner China Monitor

How Covid-19 has boosted smart governance in China

Jianyin Roachell

Analysis

Jun 24, 2020

A useful example, but no paradigm for Europe: China’s approaches to data-driven containment of Covid-19

New Report by MERICS

Press release

Jun 24, 2020

MERICS Webinar: Approaches to data-driven Covid-19 management in China

Video

Jun 24, 2020

Looking good by making others look bad

Mao Yishu

Jianyin Roachell

Analysis

Jun 18, 2020

How China uses the Corona crisis to promote traditional medicine in Africa

Tom Bayes

Analysis

May 19, 2020

Sino-German relations in the Corona crisis: It’s time to make decisions

Barbara Pongratz

Analysis

May 15, 2020

Supporting China’s SMEs affected by Covid-19 is crucial to avoid a socioeconomic disaster

Anna Holzmann

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Analysis

May 12, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak: China sympathizers are making everything worse

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Analysis

May 06, 2020

Insights

MERICS Webinar: The Future of Chinese capitalism

Video

May 29, 2020

National People's Congress celebrates Xi Jinping's success (SWR)

MERICS in the Media

May 24, 2020

China is coming back to Europe (in German) (WDR)

Mikko Huotari

MERICS in the Media

May 22, 2020

China to feel international headwinds (in German) (NDR)

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

MERICS in the Media

May 22, 2020

"The National People's Congress will be a difficult balancing act"

Press release

May 20, 2020

China and the WHO: “Global Health is an issue of international cooperation”

Podcast

May 20, 2020

Chinese people are also asking about the origin of the virus (German) (Deutschlandfunk Nova)

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

MERICS in the Media

May 05, 2020

Uncritically praising China makes things even worse (German) (ZEIT online)

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

MERICS in the Media

May 02, 2020

MERICS Webinar: China’s economy in the first quarter

The Corona shock and challenges ahead

Video

Apr 29, 2020

Experts on Coronavirus

Katja Drinhausen

Katja Drinhausen

Analyst

Nis Grünberg

Nis Grünberg

Analyst

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Research Director Politics and Society, MERICS Lab

Thomas des Garrets Geddes

Thomas des Garets Geddes

Junior Analyst

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