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Founded in 2005, Asia Centre is an independent research institute that holds debates and issues publications on matters relating to international, strategic, economic relations, as well as the political and social transformations underway in the Asia-Pacific region. At the crossroads of university research as well as public and private decision-making, Asia Centre researchers identify critical regional issues and analyse them in-depth, taking into consideration both local and global dimensions. Asia Centre’s programs are developed with a vast network of partners, companies and major specialist centres in Europe, North America and Asia. The Centre carries out joint operations with these groups, for a better interpretation of ideas and issues. The conclusions of these meetings, such as the results of the work carried out using original sources by our researchers, are widely distributed through the Centre’s publications as well as through international journals, books and media.

Other analyses

G2: as simple as a phone call ?

4 April 2024 No Comments

PDF Jean-François Di Meglio shares a new analysis about the Sino-American discussion, April the 2nd. « April 2nd’s telephone call with president Joe Biden fortified the mutual tone of respect

[DiploMatrix Q1 2024] • Comparative analysis of the China-Philippines and China-Vietnam pairs • François Issard and Élodie Papin

11 March 2024 No Comments

PDF DiploMatrix ranks the Philippines in the top 10 countries with the highest tensions with China. In contrast to the deterioration in China-Philippines relations illustrated by the “DiploMatrix” tool, a

Security implications of Taiwan’s Presidential and Parliament Elections • Maëlle Lefèvre

18 January 2024 No Comments

PDF In her new brief, Maëlle Lefèvre, researcher at Asia Centre — and specialising in the Indo-Pacific region, Greater China, and more specifically China-Taiwan relations — delves into the security

CA 46 – Law and Power in Xi’s China – Dec 2013

In China, official party statements tell only half the story. The power of China’s preeminent leader, Xi Jinping, relies on a mix of strong personalistic ties where the scions of ruling families play a large role, and an increased emphasis on rules, top-down management and anti-corruption struggle. Constitutionalism and rule of law are out and the Party dominates the scene. It is political power that decides on the limits of law, and not the other way around.

The latest issue of China Analysis published by ECFR and Asia Centre focuses on how formal rules and arbitrary power coexist in China.

Summary

– LAW AND POWER IN XI’S CHINA –

The constitutional government controversy (Hugo Winkler)

Xi Jinping and the Princelings (Jérôme Doyon)

Reviewing Party discipline in the shadow of shuanggui (Marc Julienne)

Democracy, influence, and political infighting in Taiwan (Tanguy Lepesant)