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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...
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.
6 May, 2025
China-Russia alignment – a shared vision, without fully seeing eye to eye
Despite growing alignment between China and Russia, the countries’ self-proclaimed "no-limits partnership"...
15 April, 2025
Is there any hope for political liberalization in China?
Past attempts at political reform meet a present-day China where the space for change is shrinking.
11 March, 2025
The Chinese Communist Party’s influence over businesses
What means of influence does the CCP have over private businesses, and how is this influence exercised in p...
5 March, 2025
What the Yi Peng 3 cable-cutting incident reveals about China-Russia relations
Four hypotheses on China’s involvement in the Baltic Sea cable sabotage and its impact on Russia-China rela...
What is China’s message to the Global South?