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Special issue: A peak into China in 2023

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Dec 15, 2022
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Covid protests + Vaccines + Michel's visit to Beijing

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Dec 01, 2022

China bows to reality by relaxing Covid restrictions – but ushers in new risks

Vincent Brussee
Katja Drinhausen
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Nov 16, 2022

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MERICS Economic Indicators Q1/2022

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Apr 07, 2022

Beijing’s Olympian symbol of self-assurance

Vincent Brussee
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Feb 09, 2022

China's dynamic zero strategy + Kazakhstan + Algorithm rules

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Jan 13, 2022

Europe shouldn’t underestimate the global appeal of China’s vaccine diplomacy

Jacob Mardell
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May 03, 2021

Public distrust hampering China’s vaccination efforts

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Apr 15, 2021
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China’s Covid ICU problem

Charles Parton
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Jan 13, 2023
Patients, most of them elderly with covid symptoms, are crowded at the Changhai Hospital hall as they receive medical treatment, in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023

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Katja Drinhausen
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With Shanghai in lockdown, where is the light at the end of the tunnel for China?

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Injecting influence: China’s vaccine diplomacy in Central and Eastern Europe

Ivana Karásková
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Mar 25, 2021

Why countries choose Chinese vaccines (South China Morning Post)

Jacob Mardell
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Feb 20, 2021

China's authority in the fight against the Corona virus

Nis Grünberg
Oct 17, 2020

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May 29, 2020

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