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FUYANG, CHINA - APRIL 17, 2023 - Workers work on the production line of a truck assembly workshop at the Fuyang branch of JAC Motors Group Co LTD in east China's Anhui Province, April 18, 2023. China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.5 percent year on year in the first quarter, 1.6 percentage points faster than in the fourth quarter of last year, as the impact of the epidemic on the economy subsided and measures to stabilize growth gradually took effect, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday. (Photo by CFOTO/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Making sense of China’s economy

Tao Wang and David Dollar

Monday, May 1, 2023

Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen through broken glass in this illustration taken, April 11, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

How serious is the risk of war over Taiwan?

Richard C. Bush, Ryan Hass, and David Dollar

Monday, April 17, 2023

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, October 2021. America has been hit hard by the opioid crisis. A record number, nearly 100.000 people died in 2020. One of the most dead;y drugs is Fentanyl, artificial heroin that is stronger and already available in consumer portions of five USD and that has completely replaced heroin that is hardly available on the streets. One of the epicenters of the drug pandemic is Kensington Avenue in North Philadelphia, between the subway stops Huntingdon and Allegheny on the elevated Market-Frankford subway / metro Line. A population of a few thousands addicts roam the streets, Several people a day die from overdosing. Aid workers try with opioid blocker Narcan to revive unconscious people. The Fentanyl is often diluted with tranquilizers such as Ketamin. (Photo by Teun Voeten/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

China’s role in the US fentanyl crisis

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Bonnie S. Glaser

China Global

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

--FILE--A bottle of Fentanyl pharmaceuticals is displayed in Anyang city, central China's Henan province, 12 November 2018. China will add fentanyl-related substances to a supplementary list of controlled narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances with non-medical use since May 1. The decision was announced Monday in a joint statement by the Ministry of Public Security, the National Health Commission and the National Medical Products Administration. Fentanyl and its analogues that were previously included in the list of controlled narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, as well as the related substances in the supplementary list, will remain to be controlled according to relevant regulations, the statement said.No Use China. No Use France.

Fentanyl: A triangle of sadness (US, Mexico, and China)

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Mariana Campero, and Guillermo Valdes

Mexico Matters

Monday, March 13, 2023

The opening ceremony of the annual National People's Congress is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2023. (Kyodo)
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China’s uncertain economic outlook for 2023

Eswar Prasad and David Dollar

Monday, March 6, 2023

Europium, internal transition metal forming part of the rare earth group (RHJPhtotos, Shutterstock)

Africa’s global opportunity in rare earth elements

Gracelin Baskaran and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Immigrant members of the U.S. military attend a naturalization ceremony to become new U.S. citizens in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

America’s human capital edge

Remco Zwetsloot, Jude Blanchette, and Ryan Hass

Thursday, February 23, 2023

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS

The evolution of America’s foreign policy, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the US response to China’s growing influence in the Asia Pacific

Ryan Hass and Anurag Acharya

PODS by PEI

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a high level meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

China’s shifting foreign policy

Ryan Hass and Bonnie Glaser

China Global

Thursday, January 19, 2023

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-6) stands ready on May 15, 2020 for a scheduled launch tomorrow at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The USSF-7 mission for the U.S. Space Force will be the sixth flight of the OTV-6 space plane, an unmanned spacecraft which resembles a miniature version of NASA's retired space shuttle. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Lessons from the US Space Force on creating an agile talent model

Katharine Kelley, Jude Blanchette, and Ryan Hass

Thursday, November 10, 2022