Research & Analysis

The automotive sector, among other industries, is still coping with a shortage of chips. Not only is this impacting companies and their employees, it has also become a problem for the US government at the federal, state, and local level. Does Biden’s infrastructure plan present a long-term solution? How does China come into play? This […]

Digital health sits at the intersection of healthcare, emerging technologies, and data processing, all of which are of high importance to China’s long-term political, social, and economic objectives. The most prominent example of rapid digital health development in recent years is telemedicine. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rendered many in-person treatment options untenable, forcing many […]

The Heihe-Tengchong Line is an imaginary division that slices China into two roughly equal land masses. Chinese geographer Hu Huanyong created this line in 1935 to illustrate that the vast majority of people—94% by recent estimates—live in the eastern half.

Our Beijing office recently finished up its first in-person event since the start of the pandemic last year. This week, to get some of the highlights from the event we’re on the line with our director in Beijing, Lipei Zhang. Forecast Beijing 2021 Learn more on our website

You’re probably using a semiconductor right now to listen to this podcast, on your computer or smartphone. These chips are increasingly critical to a large sector of the global economy and countries including the United States and China are working to ensure access to them. How are they going about securing those supply chains and […]