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can mapping climate rebalance PRC grain trade?
The PRC will launch a third major project in 2026 to survey and map agricultural resources nationwide, based on climate conditions.
Mar 6 • CHINA POLICY team
february 2026: wary of Epic Fury
Warm welcome all…
Mar 4 • CHINA POLICY team
No. 1 document 'Big Food' concept
a landmark policy is realigning food production around what people actually eat
Mar 3 • CHINA POLICY team
how does Hainan's data regime work?
When the Hainan FTP went fully operational as a separate customs zone in December 2025, Beijing hailed it as a milestone in its opening-up strategy.
Feb 27 • CHINA POLICY team
Beijing trims export rebates
trimming export tax rebates—how is this shifting policy?
Feb 24 • CHINA POLICY team
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the new US debate in China
Nov 27, 2025 • CHINA POLICY team
can tech reshape health and ageing in the PRC?
Jan 26 • CHINA POLICY team
Beijing takes the scitech high road I
Sep 21, 2023 • Erlend Ek and Gabriel Wagner
Beijing debates overcapacity
Apr 20, 2024 • CHINA POLICY team

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can mapping climate rebalance PRC grain trade?
The PRC will launch a third major project in 2026 to survey and map agricultural resources nationwide, based on climate conditions.
Mar 6 • CHINA POLICY team
No. 1 document 'Big Food' concept
a landmark policy is realigning food production around what people actually eat
Mar 3 • CHINA POLICY team
how does Hainan's data regime work?
When the Hainan FTP went fully operational as a separate customs zone in December 2025, Beijing hailed it as a milestone in its opening-up strategy.
Feb 27 • CHINA POLICY team
Beijing trims export rebates
trimming export tax rebates—how is this shifting policy?
Feb 24 • CHINA POLICY team
Can LTCI solve China's elderly care crisis
China is ageing fast, and care at home is no longer coping.
Feb 13 • CHINA POLICY team
is PRC legal reform ahead of public opinion?
Resentment is simmering over a newly codified provision in the amended PSAPL (Public Security Administration Punishments Law): sealing (i.e.
Feb 12 • CHINA POLICY team
market forces to shape PRC energy storage
large-scale storage must now be more market-driven, more integrated and more diverse
Feb 6 • CHINA POLICY team
Beijing embraces human capital
In 2025, ‘invest in people’ was a standout buzzword in the Government Work Report, resurfacing at the Fourth Plenum and the Central Economic Work…
Feb 4 • CHINA POLICY team

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february 2026: wary of Epic Fury
Warm welcome all…
Mar 4 • CHINA POLICY team
january 2026: beating a path to Beijing
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Feb 1 • CHINA POLICY team
december: central meetings chart 2026
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Jan 5 • CHINA POLICY team
november: mini tactical win for US
macro: imagining the future
Dec 6, 2025 • CHINA POLICY team
october: symmetrical response
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Nov 13, 2025 • CHINA POLICY team
september: SCO at 25
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Oct 13, 2025 • CHINA POLICY team
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two new, two key 两重两新 liǎngzhòngliǎngxīn
Ever rising in Beijing's push to raise consumption, ‘two new’ refers to large-scale equipment upgrades and consumer trade-ins, ranked among the top ten…
Apr 15, 2025
'1992 Consensus' ‘九二共识' jiǔèr gòngshí
The '1992 Consensus' is an understanding purportedly reached between delegates of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC…
Nov 19, 2024
'the Qian Xuesen question' 钱学森之问 Qián Xuésēn zhī wèn
‘Why do our schools fail to produce outstanding scientific and tech talent?’ That is ‘the Qian Xuesen question’.
Nov 12, 2024
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