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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China's once heavily polluted Yangtze River came back to life—and millions of people's effort made it possible.
This is a story of how China as a whole saved its most important river and the unsung heros behind it.
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Contrary to the portrayal of China’s former premier Zhu Rongji in some Western media as a liberal reformer, he was, in fact, a pragmatic socialist who tackled the 1998 crisis through public investment while helping to narrow regional and urban–rural divides.
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China’s Sanctions Are Retaliatory— But “Retaliation” Is Bigger Than Tit-for-Tat
A new dataset shows a formal regime that remains China-focused, while treating arms sales, visits, advocacy as forms of actionable interference.
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China Has Nearly 50 Million EVs. Where Will Their Used Batteries Go?
By 2030, China is expected to generate more than 1 million tonnes of retired power batteries annually. To address this growing challenge, China has introduced new regulations.
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The Growing Danger of the Russian-Japanese Territorial Dispute
Vladimir Putin’s August 13 visit to the Southern Kuril Islands was more than a trip to a remote outpost. In the eyes of many Russian analysts, it was a farewell gesture, a sign that Moscow had closed the chapter on engagement with Japan and no longer held any expectations of Tokyo.
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Elon Musk and Liang Wenfeng Face Off in Next-Generation AI Race: On the same night, their companies unveiled next-generation models that promise to push AI agents beyond conversation and into real-world work
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China is not just building more nuclear reactors, it is chasing the next energy breakthrough: controlled nuclear fusion, a technology often described as creating an artificial sun. From nuclear power dominance to fusion energy, the race for the future of energy is on.
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While the West frames China’s new cross-border capital policy as a death knell for the ultra-rich, Beijing is simply aligning its tax practices with global standards, a move that Western critics have long accused it of avoiding.
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The Economist just coined a new term "ecological authoritarianism" to smear China's restoration of its longest river as sacrificing local residents, yet ending up with worldwide mocking on X. Who's really profiting at cost of the people? From Occupy Wall Street to anti-data center protests, reality could not be clearer:
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Can technology be collective property? Can workers shape it rather than simply adapt to it? Can automation free labor instead of replacing it? These questions aren’t new. Here’s what computing looked like in Mao-era China—and why it matters again in the age of AI.
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