https://chinascope.com
ChinaScope
Every important source on China, tracked and distilled daily. A curated digest of high-quality English-language analysis on contemporary China.
The China 5: Projection, Friction, Fracture
China’s AI-fueled factory expansion masks deeper economic strain as global markets and institutions push back. Explore five key shifts shaping global trade.
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor 2.0 Looks to the Sea
Marine science and the blue economy are emerging as a new area of China-Pakistan cooperation, linking Gwadar with research, coastal industries and environmental management
PandaBrief — Issue 013
Taiwan indicts 10 for smuggling US military-grade chips to China missile/radar programs
Free to Read: Chinese Science Blogger Detained After Aiding Cherry Growers’ Campaign
Police in Dalian detained Hong Guangyu on a charge of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble,’ according to a notice received by his family
Daily Conversations in Chinese Media
China and Pacific Island Countries Pledge to Deepen Political Exchanges, China Launches 2026-2027 Plan to Strengthen Agricultural Brand Protection, China Issues Guidelines to Accelerate NQPF
Creative Opacity: Digital Artists in the Uyghur Diaspora
Summary: This presentation explores digital art as a space where Uyghur diasporic individuals can publicly participate in and express various modes of engagement in a
China’s new development plan includes AI safety goals - Xinhua
A new broad set of economic development guidelines adopted by Chinese leadership includes demands for establishing artificial intelligence safeguards while expanding the use of AI across industries, state news agency Xinhua reported Friday. Xinhua said that the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee and the State Council had issued a set of guidelines “aimed at accelerating
Beijing’s Quiet Deleveraging Push
Listen now (33 mins) | For the first time in recent memory, a senior Chinese economic official is really pushing the idea that China needs to control its debt-to-GDP ratio.
Taiwan’s leader says increasing defence spending to ‘deter war’
Taiwan aims to “deter war” by increasing its defence spending, the democratic island’s leader said on Saturday, as China uses military pressure to assert its territorial claims. Taiwan’s 23 million people live under the constant threat of an attack by China, which insists the island is part of its territory and has threatened to use
Podcast | Beijing’s quiet deleveraging push
For the first time in recent memory, a senior Chinese economic official is really pushing the idea that China needs to control its debt-to-GDP ratio. In a recent Qiushi essay, central bank (PBoC) Governor Pan Gongsheng laid out why credit growth has to slow. Trivium made this call back in July, wh
China’s Battery Advantage Meets the AI Boom
From China’s western computing hubs to America’s grid-constrained data centers, batteries are becoming an increasingly important part of AI infrastructure.
Ep 91 - Beijing’s quiet deleveraging push
For the first time in recent memory, a senior Chinese economic official is really pushing the idea that China needs to control its debt-to-GDP ratio.
Russians’ Post-Election Fears Partially Materialize
Executive Summary: Rumors that a new formal wave of mobilization would follow the September 18–20 State Duma elections saturated the Russian media space for months. These fears now seem unlikely to materialize soon (Vazhnye Istorii, June 24). Russian society has come to expect unpopular measures after elections. Russian President Vladimir Putin established a pattern over […] The post Russians’ Post-Election Fears Partially Materialize appeared first on Jamestown.
EU-China talks conclude with potential hybrid vehicle deal – and a lot more dialogue
EU-China trade talks concluded in Beijing this week – with a headline deal on hybrid vehicles but few concrete details. Talks between commerce minister Wang Wentao and EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič wrapped up October 9, producing a joint statement and a 16-point consensus list. The headline
Türkiye Expands its Security Strategy in Libya
Executive Summary: In late May, Türkiye hosted military training exercises that brought together personnel from Libya’s rival armed factions for the first time since the country’s post-2011 civil war began. The exercises saw the unprecedented participation of soldiers aligned with both the internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) and the eastern-based Libyan National Army
Demand for pet ants fuels Kenya’s illegal trade
Traffickers repeatedly risk arrest to bring African ants to the international market
Transcript: Building an Asia-Pacific community to prosper together
CGTN and CCG bring together Henry Huiyao Wang, Gonzalo Talavera, Bert Hofman, Paul Samson and Ravi Velloor to discuss the road to the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen.
China-EU Trade Talks: What Was Actually Agreed?
The China-EU trade talks have now wrapped up, with both sides issuing a joint statement.
The US-China AI Race: Competing Models, Global Stakes | China Considered | Hoover Institution
In a new episode of China Considered, Elizabeth Economy sits down with Martin Chorzempa, the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, to ask whether the United States and China are in an AI race—and, if so, what the prize is. Drawing on his work on Chinese fintech, Chorzempa explains how lessons from that sector’s boom and crackdown have shaped Beijing’s approach to AI, from registration and censorship requirements to quiet, behind-the-scenes supervision of its labs.
