The China Academy is an intellectual content network dedicated to helping global audiences understand the key dynamics that are driving how China sees the world, from expert voices who resonate with millions of Chinese youths today and who shape policies and narratives in China.
The China Academy is founded by a team of media professionals, trusted by more than 150 million social media followers, and is supported by China’s top think tanks. This is a gateway to understanding the fundamental logics of how China operates from its politics, to business and economics, science and technology.
The China Academy provides Up-To-Date and On-The-Ground insights through video programs and digital courses on www.thechinaacademy.org and a network of distribution channels. It also runs events and conferences, and has a long history of offering research and advisory work servicing government and corporate institutions.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth was noticeably restrained at this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, making no comments on Taiwan and describing U.S.–China relations as “better than they have been in many years.” How does China actually interpret the Shangri-La Dialogue?
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With a $1.2 Trillion Trade Surplus, How China Manages Its Global Relations：as external pressure grows and domestic transformation accelerates, China is searching for a new balance between export strength and shared global growth.
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Nine years on, Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing once again. His visit has been described by many media outlets and scholars as an event “that may alter the course of modern history.” Yet while Trump may still be the same man, China’s strategic approach has undergone a pivotal shift. This time, in Beijing, Trump will face two tests for which his past political experience offers no ready-made answers.
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Stephen Owen did not simply translate Chinese poetry into English. He taught readers, in both languages, how to listen to it again, as a living voice. Our farewell to a scholar whose lifelong attention helped make Tang poetry sound newly alive across languages, generations, and fields of study: thechinaacademy.org/farewell-to-stephen-owen-a-str…
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Join us, Jackson Hinkle, Chris Helali and Denis Rogatyuk as we explore the real red history of Shanghai in our latest vlog. Follow our travel channel @China, Not Just Travel, and make sure you check out our website if you wish to see China for yourself! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg4T2...
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One treaty. Three interpretations. For over a century, Shimonoseki has been used to explain China’s past—and justify its future. Why does this defeat still resonate today?
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Why, after gaining access to Huawei’s chips, hasn’t DeepSeek V4 fully cut ties with Nvidia? Are Chinese chips not good enough? In reality, the strategic calculus behind open-source AI is too complex to allow simple side-picking: thechinaacademy.org/why-deepseek-v4-hasnt-fully-cu…
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France voted to return looted Chinese artifacts. China shrugged. France offered procedure. China fired museum directors who lost national treasures. Accountability at home before applause abroad.
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DeepSeek and Doubao, these two homegrown Chinese AI models are about to power Tesla's cars. And yet, that wasn't the biggest Chinese tech news last week: thechinaacademy.org/two-chinese-ai-models-are-abou…
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Japan has scrapped its ban on lethal weapon exports. Add its nuclear potential and Sanae Takaichi’s Yasukuni Shrine visits, it’s the U.S., not China, that should be most concerned: thechinaacademy.org/japans-normalization-is-anythi…
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