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MERICS China Security and Risk Tracker 01/2026

MERICS Data Insight: EU-China trade

Outbound investment protections + Expanded export controls + Xi in Pyongyang

Russian propaganda abounds in Chinese social media debate on Ukraine

China’s swift moves on brain-computer interfaces challenge Europe and the US

XPeng (小鹏汽车) pushes to increase European manufacturing presence

China is poised to gain as global memory makers pivot to AI chips

China’s AI competition strategy: Wide dispersion, cheap tokens

Chinese experts urge Beijing to push past obstacles to a unified national market

Worksheet package: Personas, AIIM, HMW, and Impact Ladder

Xi's summits with Trump and Putin + China's economy loses momentum + Hong Kong dissidents

Xi seeks to buy time as he meets Trump in Beijing

Chinese investment rises to 7-year high - Chinese FDI in Europe: 2025 Update

China resumes fuel exports + US oil sanctions + Emission quotas for local cadres

Xi softens his Taiwan messaging, setting a potential trap for Trump in Beijing

China’s 2026 budget prioritizes technology, reveals stretched public finances

Bend or ban them: Independent religious groups defy China’s Communist Party despite growing crackdown

China sichert seine Wirtschaft ab

Embodied AI: China’s ambitious path to transform its robotics industry

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