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    A worker is producing photovoltaic modules for export at a 5G smart workshop of a new energy company in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, September 3, 2024.
    Digital China

    Real economy digitalization + Energy sector upgrade + Supply chains

    Andreas Mischer
    Esther Goreichy
    MERICS China Industries
    Jun 26, 2025
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    US swings boldly to block China’s AI progress, with fallout for other countries

    Wendy Chang
    Antonia Hmaidi
    Comment
    Feb 18, 2025

    Data Marketplaces and Governance: Lessons from China (CIGI)

    Rebecca Arcesati
    External publication
    Nov 12, 2024

    The Chinese way (World Energy)

    Rebecca Arcesati
    External publication
    Nov 01, 2024

    China’s drive for self-sufficiency in critical technologies, with Antonia Hmaidi

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    Oct 02, 2024
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    MERICS starts the China Tech Observatory

    Press release
    Sep 26, 2024
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    Large language model development in China thrives, but geopolitics may spell trouble

    Wendy Chang
    Comment
    Sep 26, 2024
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    Chinese firms prepare to take a piece of the weight-loss drug market

    Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau
    Comment
    Sep 26, 2024
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    Profile: Huawei

    Antonia Hmaidi
    Sep 26, 2024
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    Chinese telcos join rush to build AI models despite chip shortage

    Rebecca Arcesati
    Sep 26, 2024
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    Public private R&D + Digital talent + Advanced manufacturing

    Alexander Brown
    Rebecca Arcesati
    MERICS China Industries
    May 08, 2024

    The challenge of obtaining information from China, with Vincent Brussee

    Podcast
    Feb 26, 2024
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    The increasing challenge of obtaining information from Xi's China

    Kai von Carnap
    Report
    Feb 15, 2024

    "Democratic chip supply chain" or "silicon shield" - semiconductor industry to secure Taiwan (Tagesspiegel)

    Antonia Hmaidi
    External publication
    Jan 12, 2024

    Chinese hacking activities, with Antonia Hmaidi

    Podcast
    Jan 05, 2024
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    Fragmenting cyberspace: The future of the internet in China

    Kai von Carnap
    Antonia Hmaidi
    Rebecca Arcesati
    Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau
    Report
    Nov 30, 2023
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    “Here to stay” – Chinese state-affiliated hacking for strategic goals

    Antonia Hmaidi
    Report
    Nov 22, 2023
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    AI entanglements: Balancing risks and rewards of European-Chinese collaboration

    Rebecca Arcesati
    Wendy Chang
    Antonia Hmaidi
    Kai von Carnap
    Report
    Nov 16, 2023
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    Data export rules+ Beijing's silence on Hamas attacks + EU technology risk assessment

    Oct 12, 2023
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    China’s censors back down on generative AI

    Rebecca Arcesati
    Comment
    Aug 09, 2023
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    The e-CNY will not help the yuan displace the dollar any time soon

    François Chimits
    Comment
    May 05, 2023
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    The digital yuan struggles to find Chinese shoppers willing to spend it

    Kai von Carnap
    Comment
    May 05, 2023

    Europe should regulate TikTok, not ban it

    Kai von Carnap
    Antonia Hmaidi
    External publication
    Apr 26, 2023

    Fragmentation of the internet, with Kai von Carnap

    Podcast
    Mar 31, 2023
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    Fragmenting network protocols – China and the end of the web as we know it

    Antonia Hmaidi
    Kai von Carnap
    Comment
    Feb 24, 2023
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