down on research and development (R&D) spending and STEM-oriented human capital. In this paper, we assess China's progress … research and patents. We then evaluate how China has fared with respect to the ultimate goal of commercialising this progress … bottlenecks that might be hindering the translation of China's innovation efforts into productivity growth. …

protectionism) and tertiary (ie global power competition with China) objectives. The initial negotiation proposal submitted by the …

Drawing on a global database of media articles, we quantitatively assess perceptions of China’s Belt and Road …

Drawing on global media reports, we conduct a sentiment analysis of the image of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI … positive, even if slightly less so than in the past. This is notwithstanding increases in debt levels with China, much of which … sentiment towards China's landmark project, as well as a much worse image of the initiative in countries which, until today, are …

China has shifted control over resources and decision making to local governments and enterprises as the result of the … background, this paper discusses a variety of tactics that China's central government has been using to incentivize local … ; Industrial Policy ; Financial Institutions ; Government Decentralization ; China …

China's rampant environmental pollution problems and rising greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change … are undermining its long-term economic growth. China, from its own perspective cannot afford to and, from an international … sparked China's determination to improve energy efficiency and cut pollutants, and to increase the use of clean energy in …