Beijing

  • The Grand Strategy of Convenience

    The Grand Strategy of Convenience

    The Neo-Cold War The United States is in the midst of a neo-cold war with China. What the Trump administration is executing, whether by design, instinct, or structural inevitability, is a grand strategy of convenience: a convergence of individually motivated actions that collectively pressure the global resource, energy, and influence…

  • Dreaming of Blue Skies: The Impact of Winter Heating on Air Quality in Northern China

    Dreaming of Blue Skies: The Impact of Winter Heating on Air Quality in Northern China

    Winter heating is linked to higher ambient concentrations of total suspended particles (TSP) and a reduction in life expectancy in northern China.

  • Worlds Collide: Using Fluid Dynamics to Solve Urban Traffic Woes

    Worlds Collide: Using Fluid Dynamics to Solve Urban Traffic Woes

    Researchers point to a new way to analyze traffic congestion in growing cities.

  • Is China Rebalancing?

    Is China Rebalancing?

    A new report from the International Monetary Fund explores the future of the Chinese trade surplus.

  • The Urban East

    The Urban East

    The new Global Cities Index and Emerging Cities Outlook report looks at the international powerhouses of tomorrow