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A U.S. company, its Chinese owners and Hong Kong

Cirrus Aircraft, owned by AVIC, a Chinese state owned aerospace giant, celebrated making its 9,000 plane with this special edition craft. Credit: Cirrus
November 16, 2023

Will Hong Kong continue to be a vital global business hub?

California Counts

California Governor Gavin Newsom visiting the Great Wall during an official visit to China, October 2023. Credit: Office of the Governor.
November 12, 2023

California plays an outsized role in the multidimensional U.S.-China relationship.

Looking at Hong Kong

PRC flag and the flag of the Hong Kong special administrative region.
October 30, 2023

Hong Kong emerged in the 1980s as a global financial center. A British colony from 1842 to 1997, it is in its third decade as a special administrative region of the PRC.

Memorandum of China and California, Understanding on Enhancing Cooperation on Strengthening Low-Carbon Development and a Green Transition, Oct. 25, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs MOU with Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Commission.
October 25, 2023

The MOU between China's National Development and Reform Commission and the State of California builds on earlier agreements. Governor Gavin Newsom signed for California and Zheng Shanjie 郑栅洁, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission 国家发展和改革委员会.

Nationalism and Silicon

China and the U.S. are engaged in a high tech rivalry. This image, created by Claire Fausett using AI, shows the flags of the countries in a computer server room where an explosion occurs.
October 23, 2023

Technonationalism is on the rise in both the U.S. and China.

Video: Lisa Hanson on China's Gaming Giants Going Global

Chinese team competing in the esports contest at the Hangzhou Asian Games, 2023
October 20, 2023

Tencent, NetEase and other successful Chinese video game companies are aiming to expand and deepen their reach in overseas markets. They've enjoyed success, but some less well-known firms such as MiHoYo earn the bulk of their revenues abroad. Lisa Cosmas Hanson, CEO of Niko Partners, analyzes the hurdles Chinese firms confront and discusses the strategies they use. Are they succeeding?

NIMBY laws and U.S.-China Relations

September 1, 2023

A number of states have enacted laws prohibiting Chinese and others from “countries of concern” from purchasing homes or land.

Learning beyond school

Learning to use drones in agriculture. Photo shows student and teacher in the countryside near Wuhu city, Anhui province.
August 21, 2023

Is China's education system meeting the needs of its people and the nation?

Joe Biden, Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern, August 9, 2023

President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House, this photo is from April 2023 and is a White House photo.
August 9, 2023

Long anticipated and focused on China, President Joe Biden issued this executive order on August 9, 2023.

China and its Central Asian Neighbors

The leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan met in Xi'an in May, 2023. Xinhua photo.
August 3, 2023

Central Asian nations increasingly linked economically to China. Russia, the U.S. and others have noticed.

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