In 2017, Secretary General Xi Jinping said: "This is an era that will see China move closer to the center of the world stage". The People's Republic of China is indeed at a pivotal moment in its history, gradually acquiring all the components of power and competing with, if not surpassing, the major world powers. This new status is challenging the global balance of power, raising questions and awakening fears. The European Union and its member states are seeking to adapt their position vis-à-vis China, to face its new diplomatic assertiveness, the rise of its military and technological capacities, and to deal with the Sino-American rivalry. However, since Beijing's international policy cannot be dissociated from its domestic context, it is also necessary to analyze the internal political dynamics that dictate foreign policy choices.
Through its research activities, Ifri's Center for Asian Studies aims to provide a better understanding of contemporary China and its position on the world stage.
Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies
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Senior Advisor, Center for Asian Studies
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Complementary solutions to national grid extensions let hope for significant improvements in the field of energy access, consistent with current economic and environmental challenges. This Note explores the regulatory and economic prerequisites that must be enhanced in order to support the...
In the South China Sea, the field of marine science could be seen as a catalyst for functional cooperation in the region. In reality, it often reflects regional asymmetries and has become yet another domain in which the weight of China is ultimately a destabilizing factor, according to Sophie...
China has become one of the main personnel contributors for UN peace keeping operations, and the principal contributor among the permanent members of the Security Council.
As China’s rise continues to shape and shake the course of international affairs, and Europe enters a new chapter in its collective history, Europe-China relations are becoming more relevant, but also much more complex.
This paper examines how China seeks to secure access to an ever growing level of natural resources from overseas. In its quest for resources necessary to fuel its economy, does China seek to bolster the development of international markets,...
China’s “One Belt, One Road” project, also known as the “New Silk Road”, aims to create a vast infrastructure network connecting three continents, with China playing the central role.
The Asia-Pacific region is now more than ever a priority for China’s foreign policy. The combined economic, energy and security interests concentrated in the region are of key importance for Beijing.
This research paper argues that, contrary to what is often believed, most of the Chinese middle class appears to be politically conservative, and may not challenge the current political order as much as is expected, for several reasons; first of all, because of its strong connection to the...
The upcoming Paris climate conference (COP21) is opening the door to a new post-2020 climate regime in which China and other large emitters will have to provide strong evidence of their domestic efforts in addressing global warming in the next century.
Nationalism appears to be an important part of the growing frictions between China and Japan.
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Un nouveau centre commercial vient d’ouvrir à Paris, et déjà son propriétaire songe à le vendre à un fonds chinois. Faut-il favoriser l’investissement chinois à l’international ?
...Trop charismatique, trop ambitieux, trop brutal, trop corrompu, bref trop encombrant : Bo Xilai n’empêchera plus, avant un moment, les dirigeants chinois de gouverner en rond. L’ancien premier secrétaire du Parti communiste de Chongqing, une des plus grandes villes de...
Le premier ministre chinois Li Keqiang a récemment affirmé que le parti allait activement encourager l’investissement privé et étranger.
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C'est l'un des grands déplacements à l'étranger du quinquennat de François Hollande. Le président français s'envole jeudi pour une visite d'Etat de deux jours en Chine. Si du côté du peuple chinois qui connaît très peu François Hollande, on n'attend pas grand-chose de cette...
Après le scandale des diplômes universitaires achetés par des étudiants chinois à l'IAE de Toulon, Grantanfi part à la rencontre de ces étudiants aussi différents que désormais nombreux dans notre pays. Qui sont-ils et pourquoi viennent-ils donc étudier dans l...
