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China’s potentially growing economic influence in the Arctic region has raised concerns amongst Arctic states and stakeholders. What kind of security risks for the Arctic states and peoples could accompany China’s regional engagement?

China is now at the top of the tables when it comes to investment in research and development. But problems like bureaucracy and short-term thinking continue to hold innovation back.

Germans may celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall as a turning point for the country, and an end to repression and division. But in China's state media today, the wall is a symbol of US-China trade divisions. 

As Germany celebrates the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dramatic changes brought by the events of 1989, the anniversary will pass quietly in China.

For years, concerns in Brussels and Western European capitals about the security of southeastern Europe have centered on the threat posed by Putin’s Russia. But behind these fears the question of China looms large.

A recent controversy surrounding the Czech-Chinese Center, a program at the top university in the Czech Republic, is the latest in a series of "shenanigans" that have drawn public attention to relations with China, says Martin Hala. 

For decades, the notion of GDP has taken on symbolic significance for the Chinese Communist Party. But the prominence of the measure may be faltering in the face of the country's changing economic and political climate.

Top technology firms in China now account for almost half of the top-20 global firms. But as these companies seek to develop globally, their close association with the Chinese government is a force that both pushes them forward and holds them back.

In the second installment of our ongoing series offering real examples of how experts can assess Chinese parties and partnerships, we look more closely at a new initiative between China and Romania.