Industrial policy

Is military conflict over Taiwan inevitable or is China masking its true economic agenda?

With much focus on the developments in the increasingly strategic geo-political Indo-Pacific region, current analysis in the West has shifted…

3 years ago

Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs): a Trojan horse in Manila’s rich ghettos

While Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) handle online gaming for mainland Chinese players, considered an illegal operation in China, the…

3 years ago

Foreign firms in China must move up, on or out

Recent developments between China and the world bring to mind a 1960s Buffalo Springfield song: “There’s something happening here—What it…

3 years ago

L’Asie d’après…

Le 19 février 2021, le Comité Asie de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN-Jeunes) a interviewé Nicolas Michelon,…

3 years ago

Plurilateralism as a weapon of economic hegemony in the Asia-Pacific. The case of RCEP

On March 17, 2021, Asia Power Watch founder & editor Nicolas Michelon was invited by Brazil's Escola Superior de Propaganda…

3 years ago

The 2021 Myanmar coup: a Japanese tale of sorrow and sadness

With yesterday’s abrupt coup by the military junta in Myanmar, Japanese multinational companies (MNCs) are faced with enormous difficulties. After…

3 years ago

Eco-diplomacy and the Korean New Deal

This article is a summary of the paper “South Korean New Deal and the Role of Eco-diplomacy”, published in the…

3 years ago

The future of EU – China investment cooperation

It is not that Europe and the US were unaware of China’s development throughout the 20th century. Waking up in…

3 years ago

India and China in a tech nationalism tug-of-war

The clouds have returned to the Sino-Indian sky, making the horizon even grayer for the relations between the Elephant and…

3 years ago

From the Asia-Pacific to the Indo-Pacific: what is the economic significance for China?

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3 years ago