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Friday, March 20, 2026

Trade renewal and the future of multilateralism

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

China’s Economic Development and US-China Economic Relations

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Friday, November 21, 2025

AsiaGlobal Dialogue 2025 — Navigating the Changing World Order: Paths to Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

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Research and Analysis

Monday, July 6, 2026

Insights | The Chinese company that could start a trade war with Europe | Heiwai Tang

Heiwai Tang, AGI Director, was recently quoted in The New York Times, weighing in on the EU's intensifying scrutiny of Chinese tech giant Nuctech and the rising geopolitical tensions surrounding global trade.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Insights | From Shein to Pop Mart: How Chinese brands are grabbing global market share | Heiwai Tang

Heiwai Tang, AGI Director, was recently featured on CNN discussing the rapid global expansion of Chinese brands like Shein and Pop Mart.

Monday, July 6, 2026

Insights | The Chinese company that could start a trade war with Europe | Heiwai Tang

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Insights | From Shein to Pop Mart: How Chinese brands are grabbing global market share | Heiwai Tang

Heiwai Tang, AGI Director, was recently featured on CNN discussing the rapid global expansion of Chinese brands like Shein and Pop Mart.

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Insights | China's Innovation Drive: Enormous in Scale but Low in Productivity | Yuen Yuen Ang

Yuen Yuen Ang, AGI Senior Fellow and Alfred Chandler Chair Professor of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins, is recently quoted in CNBC on the logic behind China's state funding of innovation and technology using government guiding funds (GGFs).

Monday, June 8, 2026

Insights | China is innovative. Its economy is a mess. Which will win out? | Yuen Yuen Ang

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Op-ed | Democracy vs data centers | Angela Zhang

AGI Senior Fellow, Angela Zhang, highlights in the Project Syndicate on how the US backlash against AI data centers—driven by community concerns over energy and environmental costs—is rapidly growing.