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MERICS China Podcast: The dangerous waters of the South China Sea, with Helena Legarda
<p>German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius' trip to the Asia-Pacific region in recent days shows that the region is becoming increasingly important for Germany and Europe. The trip took place against the backdrop of growing tensions in the region, particularly in the South China Sea. Beijing’s claims in the waters are far reaching and cover nearly 90 percent of the area. This claim is mostly based on its use in history by Chinese fishermen – and not supported by international law. Other countries bordering the South China Sea, like Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam, also lay claim to parts of the same area.</p> <p>The waters of the South China Sea are vitally important for international trade and rich in natural resources – oil and gas fields are suspected to lie underground – and fishing grounds. Yet, the failure to find a mode of cooperation has precluded the extraction of resources and put in question the safety of the region for commercial shipping.</p> <p>In this episode of our MERICS China Podcast, MERICS Lead Analyst<strong> Helena Legarda</strong> and podcast host <strong>Johannes Heller-John</strong> talk about recent developments in the region. This episode was recorded on July 17, 2024.</p>
MERICS China Podcast: The upcoming EU-China Summit, with Abigaël Vasselier
<p>The EU-China Summit on December 7-8 in Beijing will see EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, while Premier Li Qiang is expected to chair. It is the first summit in this format held in person in four years. It takes place in a difficult geopolitical environment where China's relations with the EU as well as the US are marred by thorny issues like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, tensions over Taiwan, and disagreements about market access.</p><p>What issues are likely to be on the agenda? What outcomes can we expect? And what is on the table in EU-China relations in 2024? To discuss these questions, <strong>Claudia Wessling</strong> is joined by <strong>Abigaël Vasselier</strong>, Director Policy & European Affairs and Head of Program of the MERICS research team on China's Foreign Relations. In her previous position, Abigaël worked as Deputy Head of Division for China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Mongolia at the European External Action Service (EEAS).</p>
MERICS China Podcast: Negotiating in China, with Jörg Wuttke
<p>In this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, <strong>Jörg Wuttke </strong>talks about negotiations in China. Wuttke has more than 25 years of experience as Chief Representative of the German chemicals company BASF in Beijing. In conversation with MERICS Director Communications and Publications <strong>Claudia Wessling</strong>, the former President of the European Chamber of Commerce in China shares intriguing stories about learning Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" in negotiations stretching over nearly 200 rounds. He also explains why sometimes enduring silence might be the best approach. And he reveals who he thinks was the most authentic politician to negotiate with Beijing.</p>
MERICS China Podcast: Spain, the EU and China, with Mario Esteban
<p>In July 2023, Spain took over the presidency of the council of the European Union, the first transfer of this position since the introduction of de-risking into the bloc's relationship with China. In this MERICS China Podcast, <strong>Johannes Heller-John</strong> talks with <a href="https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/biographies/mario-esteban/"><strong>Mario Esteban</strong></a>, full professor at the Centre for East Asian Studies of the Autonomous University of Madrid and Senior Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute, about the Spanish-China relationship, the role of China during Spain's Council Presidency and the Agenda of the upcoming EU-China Summit. Together with his colleague <strong>Hugo Armanini</strong>, Mario wrote the chapter on Spain in this year's <a href="https://merics.org/en/report/china-strategy-no-strategy-all-exploring-diversity-european-approaches">report by the European Think-tank Network on China</a> (ETNC).</p>
MERICS China Podcast: Austria, Denmark, Ireland, and their relations with China, with Alexander Davey, Lucas Erlbacher and Andreas Forsby
<p>European countries have become more aligned on how to deal with China in the past years, but national approaches towards the country still vary. In this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, we zoom in on Austria, Denmark, and Ireland and how their relationships with China have evolved, how they work with Brussels on China issues, and what is in store for the near future.<br><br><strong>Johannes Heller-John </strong>is joined by <strong>Alexander Davey</strong>, analyst at MERICS, <a href="https://www.aies.at/english/staff/erlbacher.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Lucas Erlbacher</strong></a>, research associate with the Austrian Institute for European and Security Studies, and <a href="https://www.diis.dk/en/experts/andreas-boje-forsby" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Andreas Forsby</strong></a>, senior researcher with the Danish Institute for International Studies. They contributed the country chapters for Ireland, Austria, and Denmark, respectively, in <a title="From a China strategy to no strategy at all: Exploring the diversity of European approaches" href="https://merics.org/en/report/china-strategy-no-strategy-all-exploring-diversity-european-approaches" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the most recent report of the European Thinktank Network on China (ETNC)</a>.</p>
MERICS China Podcast: National People's Congress 2024: The state implements the party's decisions, with Nis Grünberg and Jacob Gunter
<p>The National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, has held its yearly session in Beijing from the 5th to the 11th of March. This episode of the MERICS China Podcast looks at what we have learned from this year's NPC and its repercussions for China and Europe. <strong>Johannes Heller-John</strong> is joined by MERICS Lead Analysts <strong>Nis Grünberg</strong> and <strong>Jacob Gunter</strong>. They argue that science and technology as well as security took precedence over socio-economic issues. </p>
MERICS China Podcast: Europe's resilience vis-à-vis China, with Grzegorz Stec and Helena Legarda
<p>Building resilience, i.e., the ability to manage risks without compromising long-term development, is at the heart of Europe’s adjustment of its China policy. To contribute to this process, we recently launched the <a href="https://merics.org/en/report/europe-china-resilience-audit-insights-advancing-eu-resilience">MERICS Europe-China Resilience Audit</a>, which is based on a database of 98 indicators for the economy, security, politics and society. The analysis confirms some significant differences between the eleven countries studied in terms of vulnerability and progress in measures to strengthen resilience towards China. Among the countries covered, Sweden and the Netherlands stand out for their resilience building.</p> <p>In this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, project leads <strong>Grzegorz Stec</strong> and<strong> Helena Legarda </strong>explain the methodology of the index and discuss key findings from their analysis with MERICS Director Communications and Publications <strong>Claudia Wessling</strong>.</p>
MERICS China Podcast: Fighting local government debt, with Victor Shih and Max Zenglein
<p>After months of weak economic performance, Beijing has introduced a series of measures aimed at stabilizing the economy. They include a 10 trillion yuan local government debt restructuring package.</p> <p>To shed light on the blatant levels of local government indebtedness, <strong>Claudia Wessling</strong>, Director Communications and Publications at MERICS, talks to <strong>Victor Shih</strong> and <strong>Max Zenglein</strong> in this episode of the MERICS China Podcast. Victor is a professor of political science, director of the 21st Century China Center at the School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations at UC San Diego. Max is the Chief Economist at MERICS and the driving force behind the Economic Indicators, a quarterly series of analyses for MERICS members that puts China’s economic statistics into context. </p>
MERICS China Podcast: Finding a European answer to the China-Russia partnership, with Alice Ekman and Helena Legarda
<p>Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is set to visit Beijing on May 15 and 16 to meet with China’s leader Xi Jinping. This will be his first foreign trip after his reinauguration on May 7. The meeting will be another chance for the two leaders to emphasize how important and close the “no limits” partnership of Russia and China is. In this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, we look at the implications of the Sino-Russian relationship for the European Union, in particular due the ongoing invasion of Ukraine and their opposition to and undermining of the existing global order.</p> <p><strong>Johannes Heller-John</strong> is joined by <strong>Alice Ekman</strong>, Senior Analyst in charge of the Asia portfolio at the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris and <strong>Helena Legarda</strong>, Lead Analyst at MERICS. In their view, the China-Russia relationship is more stable than is often assumed.</p>
MERICS China Podcast: China and the European Parliament election, with Ivana Karásková and Grzegorz Stec
<p>Ahead of the European Parliament election on June 6-9, 2024, this episode looks at the role of the European Parliament in EU-China relations and the possible impact of the election results on the European “de-risking” agenda among other topics. </p> <p><strong>Johannes Heller-John</strong> talks to <strong>Ivana Karásková</strong> and <strong>Grzegorz Stec</strong>. Ivana is a European China Policy Fellow at MERICS and the founder of MapInfluenCE and China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE) at the Association for International Affairs (AMO) in Prague. Grzegorz is the Head of the MERICS Brussels Office.</p> <p>Recently, Ivana co-authored two reports, one on <a href="https://www.amo.cz/en/foreign-electoral-interference-affecting-eu-democratic-processes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">foreign electoral interference in the EU</a> and one on the <a href="https://www.amo.cz/en/from-the-fringes-to-the-forefront-how-extreme-parties-in-the-european-parliament-can-shape-eu-china-relations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">rise of fringe parties in the EP and their impact on EU-China relations</a>. Grzegorz has published articles on <a href="https://www.merics.org/en/merics-briefs/how-ep-parties-see-china-ev-exports-trade-and-technology-council" target="_blank" rel="noopener">how EP parties see China</a> and on <a href="https://www.merics.org/en/comment/meps-key-lessons-eu-china-policy-during-last-mandate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">key lessons learned by Members of the EP during the last mandate</a>.</p>
MERICS China Podcast: Taiwan and cross-Strait relations in a year of elections, with Bonnie Glaser and Abigaël Vasselier
<p>As the status quo in the Taiwan Strait is increasingly unstable, what can we expect from Taiwan’s new president Lai Ching-te when it comes to navigating relations with China? How will the results of the EU elections affect Europe’s policies vis-à-vis Taiwan? And how might a change of government in the United States impact the situation? These are some of the questions <strong>Claudia Wessling</strong>, Director of Communications and Publications at MERICS discussed with <strong>Bonnie Glaser</strong>, Managing Director of GMF's Indo-Pacific program, and MERICS’ Director Policy & European Affairs <strong>Abigaël Vasselier</strong> in this episode of the MERICS China Podcast.</p>
LBM dynamism analysis with MERIC
<p>Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) application analysis using READEX approach provided by MERIC library. Exhaustive algorithm has been used for state space search.</p> <p>This data has been measured on a single node of TU Dresden Taurus supercomputer powered by two Intel Xeon CPUs E5-2680v3 (codename Haswell). HDEEM system has been used for energy measurement.</p>
MERICS China Podcast: The global sale of Chinese arms, with Helena Legarda and Jacob Gunter
<p>Over the last decade, China’s arms makers have gone beyond solely supplying the People’s Liberation Army and began to look for overseas markets to supplement sales and support Beijing’s geopolitical goals. Arms sales are an often-overlooked aspect of China’s global security and economic footprint and can present challenges to European policy makers and arms producers.</p> <p>To discuss the topic in this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, Johannes Heller-John is joined by <strong>Helena Legarda </strong>and <strong>Jacob Gunter</strong>, both Lead Analysts at MERICS. They are the authors of the recent edition of our China Global Competition Tracker focusing on <a title="China&rsquo;s arms industry is increasingly global, but don&rsquo;t expect it to supplant NATO&rsquo;s counterparts any time soon" href="https://merics.org/en/tracker/chinas-arms-industry-increasingly-global-dont-expect-it-supplant-natos-counterparts-any">China’s arms industry</a>. </p>
MERICS China Podcast: China's global port politics, with Clark Banach and Jacob Gunter
<p>Beijing’s global push to establish a global network of ports with Chinese involvement is slowing. Today’s guests in the MERICS China Podcast <strong>Clark Banach</strong>, Program Director at the Aletheia Research Institution and former MERICS Futures Fellow, and<strong> Jacob Gunter</strong>, Lead Analyst at MERICS, discuss the development and changes in China’s global infrastructure investments. In this conversation with <strong>Johannes Heller-John</strong>, they analyze the aims Beijing wants to achieve by these investments and the impact of Chinese port investments on the European and global market.</p>
MERICS China Forecast Conference 2023
<p>This is the YouTube Livestream of the 4th MERICS China Forecast Conference which was hosted on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.</p> <p>2023 will be a critical year for China. Following the sudden about-turn in Beijing’s Covid-19 policies, the country is currently struggling with an unprecedented health crisis. The economy is in deep trouble. At the same time, Xi Jinping looks set to hardwire the political agenda he pushed through at the historic 20th Party Congress in October and establish a new leadership team at the National People’s Congress in spring. Internationally, Beijing is also facing multiple challenges, including its relationship with the US, its "no-limits" partnership with Russia and a re-calibration of China policies across Europe. To anticipate what 2023 might have in store for us, we hosted the 4th MERICS China Forecast conference on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, in collaboration with our media partner Handelsblatt. MERICS presented findings from our annual survey among leading European experts and professionals and among a wider global audience on key developments in Europe-China relations. A prominent line-up of high-level speakers shared and discussed their expectations for the turbulent year ahead, including China’s political and economic trajectory and challenges for European governments and companies.</p> <p>The MERICS China Forecast 2023 has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700.</p> <p>Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.</p>
MERICS Podcast: Ukraine one year on, with Helena Legarda and Jakub Jakóbowski
<p>On February 24, 2022 Russia started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine – escalating a territorial conflict that has been simmering since the occupation of Crimea and the Donbas region in 2014. The Kremlin’s aims of a swift occupation of Ukraine did not materialize and after 12 months of aerial bombardments, civilian suffering and trench warfare, Ukraine is still defending its country and the West is still keeping up sanctions and support for Ukraine. </p> <p>This episode looks at China’s role in the conflict and its impact in China’s global standing and agency. Johannes Heller-John discusses these issues with Helena Legarda, Lead Analyst at MERICS, and Jakub Jakóbowski, Deputy Director of the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) in Warsaw. </p> <p>Since the recording of the episode a 12-point Chinese peace plan has been put forth. Accordingly, its contents do not feature in the discussion.</p>
MERICS Podcast: China's advances in rail, sea and air transportation, with Alexander Brown and Gregor Sebastian
<p>China has extended its High-Speed Rail network from about 9.000 to 42.000 km of tracks with a fleet of Chinese made trains running on it. The first fully domestically engineered passenger aircraft C919 has started its commercial service and on June 6, the first domestically built large cruise ship, has left Shanghai for sea trials. China is undoubtedly making rapid progress in air, sea and rail transportation.</p> <p>What are China’s aims and what challenges does it face on the way? And what does this mean for European industries? To answer these questions, <strong>Alexander Brown</strong> and <strong>Gregor Sebastian</strong>, analysts in the economics team at MERICS, join <strong>Johannes Heller-John</strong> for a conversation.</p> <p>This podcast episode is part of the “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700.</p> <p>Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.</p>
MERICS Podcast: Assessing the MERICS China Forecast 2023, with Roderick Kefferpütz
<p>2023 will be a critical year for China. The party leadership around Xi Jinping is faced with an unprecedented health crisis and a troubled economy, and needs to balance relationships with the US and Europe while upholding its "no-limits" partnership with Russia.</p><p>To anticipate what 2023 might have in store for us, MERICS conducted the <a href="https://www.merics.org/en/short-analysis/chinas-precarious-path-forward-insights-merics-china-forecast-2023">4th MERICS China Forecast Survey</a> involving 880 China experts and members of the public. In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5OVDoXWzak">conference on January 18, 2023</a>, our experts and a line-up of high-level speakers discussed the survey's findings and their expectations.</p><p><strong>Roderick Kefferpütz</strong>, Senior Analyst at MERICS who led the compilation of this year's forecast, joins <strong>Johannes Heller-John</strong> to discuss the results.</p>
MERICS China Forecast Survey 2023
<p>This is the survey data of the MERICS China Forecast 2023.</p>
MERICS Podcast: How China approaches sanctions, with Francesca Ghiretti and Maria Shagina
<p>International sanctions have become a common tool in the relationship between the US, the EU, and China in the last decade. If we add the sanctions on Russia in connection with its full-scale invasion of Ukraine into the mix and the question of Chinese adherence or circumvention of them, it seems high time that we devote some time to talking about Chinese thinking on this tool of international coercion.</p> <p>In this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, we talk to MERICS Analyst <strong>Francesca Ghiretti</strong>, who has recently written a report on the evolution of China’s sanction regime, and IISS Senior Fellow <strong>Maria Shagina</strong>, who among other topics focusses her research on the issues of Russia and international sanctions. Questions by <strong>Johannes Heller-John</strong>.</p> <p>This podcast episode is part of the “Dealing with a Resurgent China” (DWARC) project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101061700.</p> <p>Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.</p>
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