Analysis / MicrofeatureGovernance by Data: How China’s Party-State Keeps Its Pulse on the People Dec 21, 2022Ilaria Mazzocco The 20th Party Congress in Beijing in November highlighted just how much power Xi Jinping and his closest allies have concentrated in their hands. Control is more centralized than ever, and surveillance is ubiquitous in China. While these trends have consolidated the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) power and further reduced public opposition, such a system… Chinese Politics, Public Opinion
Analysis / FeatureHow U.S.-China Tensions Have Hurt American Science Dec 9, 2022Ilaria Mazzocco and Maya Mei There is a growing concern in Washington that the United States government, its companies, and universities have helped drive the rapid growth of China’s high-tech sector to the detriment of America’s overall national interest. Accusations of intellectual property (IP) theft and state-sponsored industrial espionage by China have loomed large in the bilateral relationship. These concerns… Decoupling, Economics, Science, US-China Competition, US-China Cooperation
EventHave U.S.-China Tensions Hurt American Innovation? Dec. 09, 2022 | 10:00 AM EST Online In this event on December 9 at 10 a.m. EST, the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics and the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) present their latest publication. The feature “How U.S.-China Tensions Have Hurt American Innovation” highlights the work of professors Ruixue Jia and Molly Roberts (University of California…
Analysis / FeatureThe China Shock: Reevaluating the Debate Oct 14, 2022Scott Kennedy and Ilaria Mazzocco As the U.S.- China relationship continues to deteriorate, the role of trade has come under increasing scrutiny. Commercial exchanges between the two countries used to be the ballast of the relationship. Trade was understood to benefit both countries economically and helped reduce tensions on political and strategic issues. Over the past decade, this has changed… Economics, Manufacturing, Trade, Trade War, US-China Competition
Event“How Private Are Chinese Companies?” Feb. 07, 2023 | 11:00 AM EST In this event on February 7 at 11 a.m. EST, the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics and the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) present their latest Big Data China publication. The feature provides an overview of the latest data-driven research evaluating the influence of the Chinese party-state on Chinese companies and their ability to maintain autonomy….
Analysis / MultimediaDoing Fieldwork in China: Evolution and Prospects Aug 29, 2022Scott Kennedy and Ilaria Mazzocco Field research over the last four decades has been critical to increasing the world’s understanding of China. There are many other research methods including careful reading of documents and the media, surveys, databases, scraping websites, satellite imagery, but field research provides unique learning opportunities. One would be hard-pressed to legitimately call someone who rarely if…
Analysis / MultimediaWhy “Big Data China” Is Needed More Than Ever Aug 12, 2022Scott Kennedy and Ilaria Mazzocco Scott Kennedy, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at CSIS, and Scott Rozelle, Co-Director of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions, discuss Big Data China, a new project aimed at bridging the gap between cutting-edge academic research on China and the Washington policy community.