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University students attend a job fair in Wuhan, China
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The 19 Percent Revisited: How Youth Unemployment Has Changed Chinese Society

Barclay Bram examines how pressures are reshaping society, work, and the broader social and psychological impacts of rising unemployment among China's youth.
Indonesia's Nickel Industry Ramps Up Supply As Global Demand Grows
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Indonesia’s Energy Transition: Exercising Strategic Agency in Partnership with China

Kevin Li asserts that the future of Sino-Indonesian energy cooperation lies in structured, reciprocal, and domain-specific partnerships that recognize the full value of development-compatible decarbonization.
Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Leaders 2024
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A Credibility Test: Will the U.S. Stand by the Pacific Islands Region Amid Its Exclusion?

Emma Chanlett-Avery examines the Solomon Islands’ decision to exclude the United States - along with China and other external partners - from the 2025 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting.
Tuvalu fishermen
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Deepening Economic Engagement with the Pacific Islands Makes Geostrategic Common Sense

Jemima Holborow explores why deepening U.S. economic engagement with the Pacific Islands makes geostrategic common sense.
Trump and Kim Jong Un meeting
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Confronting New Realities: North Korea Policy Under the Trump and Lee Administrations

Read Juliet Lee’s summary of a private roundtable convened by ASPI, as part of its Korea Foundation-Mia & Spencer Kim Endowment, to discuss the future of North Korea policy.
Russians Celebrate 80th Anniversary Of The Victory Day In Moscow
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China-Russia Relations Since the Start of the War in Ukraine

Pierre Andrieu explores the "no-limits" partnership between the two Eurasian powers and argues that it should not foreclose continued dialogue between China and the West.

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In the Media

Guangzhou Flooding
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China’s Extreme Weather AI Tools Can Help Countries Adapt

But its adaptation efforts need better coordination between national and local government, writes Taylah Bland.
COP29 Protestors in Baku
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Ten Years After Paris Agreement, Climate Action Faces a Reckoning

There is growing recognition that a nation’s climate ambition can no longer be assessed solely by the strength of its political declarations, writes Li Shuo in an op-ed for CNA.
Trump at AI summit
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Trump’s Tactical Concessions on Taiwan Are Not Strategic Retreats

According to Jie Gao, Trump's recent gestures on Taiwan serve immediate trade goals, but a deeper shift in U.S. policy has yet to come.
US China trade
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U.S. Negotiators Face Tough Task to Secure Trade Deal With China

In her latest op-ed for SCMP, Wendy Cutlers argues that a more assertive Chinese negotiating team, a lack of simple solutions, and serious time constraints are a challenge to advancing U.S.-China trade talks.
The photo taken on January 10, 2024 shows electric cars for export waiting to be loaded on the "BYD Explorer NO.1", a domestically manufactured vessel intended to export Chinese automobiles, at Yantai port, in eastern China's Shandong province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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China Can’t Unify Its Own Markets

Local leaders are driving an economic race to the bottom, writes Lizzi C. Lee.
China Economy 2018
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China’s Entrepreneurial Spirit is Under Immense Strain

The private sector needs enforceable protections, predictable regulation, and personal bankruptcy laws, writes Lizzi C. Lee in an op-ed for the Financial Times.