As China’s leaders chart the next 5-year plan, they hear echoes from long ago
Growing geopolitical challenges of today resemble those faced in the 1950s as Beijing seeks to navigate a complex new security landscape
The growing external challenges of today have similarities to those the country faced in the 1950s – export controls, restricted access to technology and a complex security environment. Amid elevated US-China tensions, Beijing is facing another moment of reckoning at a crossroads between pressure and transformation.
What will Beijing’s next 5-year plan mean for Taiwan?
Mainland China’s economic blueprint is expected to promote cross-strait economic integration, especially in hi-tech industries
As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we examine the implications and opportunities for industrial collaboration across the Taiwan Strait.
Last month on the outskirts of Beijing, a delegation of Taiwanese executives inspected gleaming new electric vehicles at a leading mainland Chinese manufacturer as they explored potential collaborations.
