China Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert

2026 Issue 2

Sunday, January 18, 2026

About the Issue

Derek Scissors at AEI uses data on wealth, as opposed to GDP, to show how the PRC economy has slowed significantly after 2015.  Chietigji Bajpaee writing for the Lowy Institute provides an overview of how Beijing views Sino-Indian relations.

German automakers are struggling in their largest market, the PRC, as well as their home market in Europe.  Those companies are trying to expand in India, but they find it difficult to repeat the “China miracle” of the 2000s and 2010s.

Switzerland has finally implemented investment screening and controls on money from the PRC, but many see its too little and too late.

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