#Pekingnology
Watching the Bruegel Annual Meetings from afar - Zichen Wang of Pekingnology fame says "let's settle the EV debate" which has "sucked up the entire oxygen".

On the panel with Maria Martin Prat of DG Trade, who I imagine will respond in kind. To my knowledge, Brussels considers it settled
September 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Pekingnology once again does a great service by translating the very useful recent speech by Xu Gao on China's trade strategy: "Since the government controls a significant amount of income-generating assets, the balance between...
www.pekingnology.com/p/xu-gao-on-...
Xu Gao on Establishing a Govt-Market Relationship with Chinese Characteristics
He says "the lack of effective demand in China can, in my view, be attributed to the government failing to return income to the public while also not actively spending it itself."
www.pekingnology.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Noch ein Gastbeitrag von #Musk, und zwar für die zentrale Internetzensurbehörde der Volksrepublik China (schon von 2022). Poschardt und Döpfner haben sich einen tollen Vorkämpfer für Meinungsfreiheit ausgesucht.
(Hinweis von @brooklynliebich.bsky.social)
beijingchannel.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
Elon Musk's article in China Cyberspace, exclusive digital version & translation
As previously announced by Pekingnology, this newsletter will offer you an exclusive digital version of Elon Musk’s essay in China Cyberspace, a monthly magazine run by the Cyberspace Administration o...
beijingchannel.substack.com
December 29, 2024 at 4:22 PM
🎧NEW: @zichen.bsky.social, founder and editor of Pekingology, joins @rorrydaniels.bsky.social on Asia Inside Out to unpack U.S.-China relations a month after “Liberation Day”, the future of the relationship, and why maintaining people-to-people ties still matter.

Tune in now ⬇️
Zichen Wang on the Evolving U.S.-China Relations - Asia Inside Out
Zichen Wang, founder and editor of the Pekingnology newsletter and research fellow and director for International Relations at the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), speaks with Rorry Daniels, ...
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May 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
China does not operate as a military superpower like the US does.
This article by the author of blog Pekingnology gets at China’s approach to commercial and diplomatic interaction with other nations and external markets

Iran being the biggie right now

foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/06/i...
China Won’t Play Security Patron for Iran
Beijing doesn’t want to imitate the United States’ alliance obligations.
foreignpolicy.com
March 15, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Good "inside the PRC" view on Xiaohongshu Incident from Pekingnology:

open.substack.com/pub/pekingno...
The curious case of "TikTok refugees" on Rednote/Xiaohongshu
To embrace them, or to wall them off, that is the question.
open.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Pekingnology @zichen.bsky.social has been publishing great docs related to DeepSeek www.pekingnology.com/p/official-p...
Official provincial commentary on DeepSeek
Zhejiang Publicity says "DeepSeek’s greatest strength lies in its open-source approach, which empowers researchers worldwide."
www.pekingnology.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A partire da oggi, Via col Vento avvia un’altra prestigiosa collaborazione internazionale, con il dottor #ZichenWang, fondatore e direttore della newsletter #Pekingnology. Ricercatore e direttore per le comunicazioni internazionali del Center for China and Globalization (#CCG).
Henry Huiyao Wang: la Cina deve garantire che la sua leadership nell’energia verde sia positiva per il mondo
A partire da oggi, Via col Vento avvia un’altra prestigiosa collaborazione internazionale, con il dottor Zichen Wang* e con Peckingnology*. Il presidente del CCG ha scritto sul South China Mo…
viacolvento.blog
August 17, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Communist Party propaganda dept in Zhejiang province, home to DeepSeek, puts out first official comment on the AI firm and the earthquake it’s triggered via Zichen Wang’s Pekingnology Substack open.substack.com/pub/pekingno...
Official provincial commentary on DeepSeek
Zhejiang Publicity says "DeepSeek’s greatest strength lies in its open-source approach, which empowers researchers worldwide."
open.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Pekingnology has published excerpts from my book, highlighting the section where I address and dismiss the allegation that Confucius Institutes are involved in espionage and intelligence gathering. Quite timely given the UK’s debate on “China spying” cases www.pekingnology.com/p/jinghan-ze...
Jinghan Zeng's Memoirs of a Confucius Institute Director
The first insider memoir from a Confucius Institute director during a time of growing global controversy chronicles an award-winning journey facing existential and political challenges
www.pekingnology.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Hier übrigens der Gastbeitrag, den der selbsternannte Verfechter von free speech Elon Musk vor einiger Zeit für die chinesische Internet-Zensurvehörde CAC schrieb. Die macht das, was Musk im Rahmen seiner Mittel ebenfalls tut: missliebige Äußerungen zum Verstummen bringen.
Elon Musk's article in China Cyberspace, exclusive digital version & translation
As previously announced by Pekingnology, this newsletter will offer you an exclusive digital version of Elon Musk’s essay in China Cyberspace, a monthly magazine run by the Cyberspace Administration o...
beijingchannel.substack.com
December 29, 2024 at 6:52 PM
China's 15th five-year plan in English is out:

recommendation: english.news.cn/20251028/ef...

explanation: english.news.cn/20251028/6b...

h/t pekingnology
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Zichen Wang, author of the Substack newsletter Pekingnology is a guest speaker at our Journalism Conference this Saturday. On this episode of The Correspondent podcast, he speaks in-depth about the breakdown in US-China relations, trade war risks, AI cooperation & China’s geopolitical strategy.
May 13, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Justin Yifu Lin: The logic of my ex-wife’s rise - Pekingnology
October 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I have gathered some thoughts on the drastically transformed landscape of international political economy, here is the link. There are two parts (in one).
Thanks to Zichen Wang and his Pekingnology.
www.pekingnology.com/p/tang-shipi...
Tang Shiping on The New Landscape of International Political Economy and Economic Development of the Global South
The renowned Fudan scholar unpacks the mega trends and concrete challenges that the Global South has to navigate in a dramatically shifted landscape.
www.pekingnology.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Elon Musk's article in China Cyberspace, exclusive digital version & translation

He is nuts!

open.substack.com/pub/beijingc...
Elon Musk's article in China Cyberspace, exclusive digital version & translation
As previously announced by Pekingnology, this newsletter will offer you an exclusive digital version of Elon Musk’s essay in China Cyberspace, a monthly magazine run by the Cyberspace Administration o...
open.substack.com
December 30, 2024 at 6:24 PM
The latest newsletter from Pekingnology on China: "The country wishes to reap benefits from ChatGPT-like services while ensuring its political security." Yup. It's what we said last April in "Bringing AI to the Party." Read it here: https://chinamediaproject.org/2023/04/14/bringing-ai-to-the-party/
Bringing AI to the Party - China Media Project
China’s release this week of new draft rules governing the generation of AI content, coming just months after the launch of ChatGPT, might give the impression leaders are scrambling to catch up. But...
chinamediaproject.org
July 14, 2023 at 1:59 AM
China Cyberspace - In 2022 [Man of #Weld ] published an OpEd eg his visions. It's an "interesting view" since his gift of high adaptability, (one very common with narcs I might add) to read the room and to bend to customs when on the hunt is apparent.

beijingchannel.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
December 30, 2024 at 1:25 PM
A chi avesse voglia di capire meglio e in via diretta quello che accade in #Cina, consiglio #Pekingnology, il sito/newsletter di @zichen.bsky.social
China massively overbuilt high-speed rail, says leading economic geographer
Lu Dadao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences warns that oversized, underused HSR infrastructure has ignored basic economic logic, weakened public finances, and derailed regional planning.
www.pekingnology.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM