China is deepening its use of higher education as a instrument of soft power. Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Education and ...

China’s global ambitions are no longer confined to infrastructure megaprojects or its booming trade networks. The country has found an unlikely but effective tool for soft power: video games. At the ...

China is betting big on military artificial intelligence. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made the technology a strategic priority, and the People’s Liberation Army is pouring resources into the ...

However, these actions should not be viewed as a stand-alone development. They are part of China’s broader efforts to modernize its economic statecraft. While the narrative of “symbolism” may have ...