Contributors Articles

David Kelly 1 Dec 2017 14:32

Risk aversion in domestic Chinese politics

Xi Jinping's administration is risk averse on domestic economics, but the opposite on domestic economics.
David Kelly 6 Jul 2017 17:29

Winding back the China Solution

Early tensions over the China Solution cropped in a debate on the ‘Kindleberger Trap’, a theme initiated by political scientist Joseph Nye.
David Kelly, Joost van Deutekom 27 Apr 2017 15:33

Will the Chairman turn? China contemplates its North Korea policy

Can Beijing act as a guarantor of regional security and stability? North Korea may provide the litmus test.
David Kelly 17 Feb 2017 16:02

The 'China Solution': Beijing responds to Trump

As Trump gets down to making America great again, China senses a geopolitical windfall.
David Kelly 21 Oct 2015 15:39

Why Xi Jinping's UK hosts should remember the national characteristics of risk

Having arrived in the UK on Monday, President Xi Jinping is set to have talks with Prime Minister Cameron in which nothing, it is claimed, will be off the table. Top of the agenda is likely to be the Franco-Chinese bid to build the C¥240 billion Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Somerset, in England's southeast. In September UK Chancellor George Osborne announced £2 billion in financial guarantees for this project when he visited China.

David Kelly