China’s Public Finances: the Real Wildcard

28.8.2025 Ansel Li

Industrial decline and chronic overcapacity, or a surge of innovation from DeepSeek to robotics? Beneath the surface, China’s economy rests on a far more fragile and complex foundation.

China’s Superstition Boom in a Godless State

13.5.2025 Ansel Li

In post-pandemic China, superstition has surged into a booming industry, as youth turn to crystals, fortune-telling, and AI oracles in search of hope and meaning.

Deep-Sea Fishing: How China Turned Law Enforcement into National Organized Looting

25.2.2025 Ansel Li

“Deep-sea fishing” is a tactic whereby police detain businessmen and seize their assets under the guise of an investigation. In the absence of a free press, civil society or an independent judiciary, such predatory policing has evolved into a systematic abuse that even the formidable party-state struggles to eradicate.

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