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The Swedish National China Centre regularly publishes analysis in various formats. Please see the Swedish homepage for publications in Swedish.
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12 August, 2025
China and Russia are using the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to push alternative global order
China and Russia are using multilateral institutions like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to st...
26 June, 2025
Quest for Strategic Autonomy? Europe Grapples with the US – China Rivalry
A report by the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC).
18 June, 2025
China’s sanctions gambit: Formal and informal economic coercion in the second trade war
In the first half of 2025, China responded to the renewed US–China trade war with more aggressive and sophi...
9 June, 2025
CEE-Nordic Dialogue Explores the Strategic Logic and Limits of China-Russia Cooperation
On May 19, 2025, the CEE-Nordic Dialogue on China was co-organized by the China Observers in Central and Ea...
3 June, 2025
What is China’s message to the Global South?
China tells the Global South a story of shared identity, development, and demands global reform.
16 May, 2025
Sources of instability – reading China’s new national security white paper
China’s new white paper on national security outlines a broad and increasingly complex risk landscape.
7 May, 2025
China-Russia trade: asymmetrical, yet indispensable
The current dynamics of the trade relationship between Russia and China highlight the unequal nature of the...
7 May, 2025
Joint military exercises signal deepening Russia-China strategic alignment
Russia and China are steadily strengthening their military and defence cooperation.
China’s limited role in Ukraine’s reconstruction: expectations, constraints and strategic opportunities