Matt Ferchen

Former Head of Global China Research

Matt Ferchen

Matt Ferchen is the former Head of Global China Research at MERICS. He is now a Senior Fellow at the LeidenAsiaCentre and a Lecturer at Leiden University's Institute of Area Studies.

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Matt Ferchen

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The experts of the Mercator Institute for China Studies are available to comment on current news, as panelists or as op-ed authors.

Matt Ferchen

Former Head of Global China Research

Matt Ferchen is the former Head of Global China Research at MERICS. He is now a Senior Fellow at the LeidenAsiaCentre and a Lecturer at Leiden University's Institute of Area Studies.

All articles by Matt Ferchen

woman wearing a face mask that says, 'I Blame China' awaits the arrival of Tiffany Trump

The competition over competitiveness: US-China relations and the US presidential elections

Matt Ferchen

Comment

Nov 02, 2020

Rural wind solar hybrid power generation project. Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, China, September 12, 2020.

Sun and wind - a trans-Atlantic outlook

Matt Ferchen

Comment

Oct 21, 2020

China-Venezuela Relations in the Twenty-First Century (USIP Special Report)

Matt Ferchen

Sep 29, 2020

As bilateral relations between America and China continue to deteriorate, pundits seem to be converging on a “new type of Cold War” as the most plausible scenario for future world politics. Picture by gioiak2 via 123rf.

Will American and Chinese Societies Support a New Type of Cold War?

Hanns W. Maull

Matt Ferchen

Comment

Jun 19, 2020

All podcasts with Matt Ferchen

Matt Ferchen: Informal actors in China’s foreign engagement

Podcast

Apr 30, 2021

Xi Jinping, Joe Biden

Matt Ferchen: US-China relations after the US presidential election

Podcast

Nov 10, 2020

Beijing’s understanding of development assistance is fundamentally different from that of OECD countries.

Matt Ferchen: "In many developing countries, China is the only option available"

Podcast

Mar 24, 2020

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