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Trade and Investment

A Property Construction in Nanjing

Industrial Policy and Technology

Trade and Investment

China’s economy shows faint signs of stabilization over Q3

MERICS Economic Indicators Q3/2024

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Alexander Brown

Tracker

Oct 23, 2024

Research

Trade and Investment

Growing asymmetry: Mapping the import dependencies in EU and US trade with China

François Chimits

Report

Oct 01, 2024

Containers are seen at the Port of Nanjing in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, Aug 6, 2024.

China’s guerrilla strategy in a fragmenting global economy

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Report

Jun 18, 2024

Economic insecurity + Xinjiang + Wang Yi in Europe

MERICS Briefs

Feb 15, 2024

Economic drivers of diversification

Aya Adachi

Comment

Jan 17, 2024

Report by MERICS and Rhodium Group: Battery investments are now the mainstay of Chinese FDI in Europe

Press release

May 09, 2023

EV battery investments cushion drop to decade low: Chinese FDI in Europe 2022 Update

Report by Rhodium Group and MERICS

Agatha Kratz

Max J. Zenglein

Gregor Sebastian

Mark Witzke

Report

May 09, 2023

The e-CNY will not help the yuan displace the dollar any time soon

François Chimits

Comment

May 05, 2023

The digital yuan struggles to find Chinese shoppers willing to spend it

Kai von Carnap

Comment

May 05, 2023

Profits of German investors in China – an empirical survey

A report by Bertelsmann Stiftung, IW, MERICS and BDI

Max J. Zenglein

Gregor Sebastian

Report

Apr 20, 2023

Light at the end of the tunnel after a weak Q4

MERICS Economic Indicators Q4/2022

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Gregor Sebastian

Alexander Brown

Tracker

Jan 26, 2023

Japan’s Chinese lesson – diversifying only production is not enough

Aya Adachi

Koki Shigenoi

Comment

Nov 07, 2022

Economy improves in Q3 but faces mounting risks

MERICS Economic Indicators Q3/2022

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Gregor Sebastian

Alexander Brown

Tracker

Oct 31, 2022

How China utilizes economic pressure, with Aya Adachi and Alexander Brown

Podcast

Sep 23, 2022

Fasten your seatbelts: How to manage China’s economic coercion

Aya Adachi

Alexander Brown

Max J. Zenglein

Report

Aug 25, 2022

Stringent Covid controls take their toll on GDP growth

MERICS Economic Indicators Q2/2022

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Gregor Sebastian

Alexander Brown

Tracker

Jul 22, 2022

Beijing’s revealing silence on Japan's economic security legislation

Aya Adachi

Comment

Jul 12, 2022

China’s economic woes prompt return of bad habits

François Chimits

Comment

Jun 28, 2022

Insights

Trade and Investment

China steps up investments in Hungary, with Alexander Brown and Gregor Sebastian

Podcast

Jun 06, 2024

China: Hope for the best but prepare for the worst (Politico)

Max J. Zenglein

External publication

Sep 08, 2022

Chinese FDI in Europe in 2021, with Gregor Sebastian

Podcast

Apr 29, 2022

Battered in Russia, companies need to be more transparent about risks in China

Max J. Zenglein

Comment

Mar 30, 2022

Consolidating China's electric car sector: From three hundred to a few

Gregor Sebastian

Comment

Nov 12, 2021

Grandstanding or sincere? China’s move to join the CPTPP

Aya Adachi

Comment

Oct 27, 2021

Victor Shih on Evergrande

Video

Oct 26, 2021

Victor Shih on the Evergrande crisis

Podcast

Oct 08, 2021

MERICS Experts 132 Victor Shih - Evergrande.mp3

Max J. Zenglein on the Evergrande crisis

“A government bailout should not be expected”

Interview

Sep 23, 2021

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Trade and Investment

European China Policy: Track 1.5 Workshop in Madrid

Sep. 19, 2023

Madrid

Trade and Investment

MERICS Members Event: China's Economic Resurgence: Navigating the Path to Recovery and Growth

Apr. 26, 2023

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