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Untangling the Nuclear Knot: A Constructive Agenda for Managing China’s Nuclear Relations with the United States and Its Allies

Tong Zhao

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      Damien Ma

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        Damien Ma

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    Carnegie China is an East Asia-based research center focused on China’s regional and global role. Our scholars conduct research and analysis, and convene an array of activities with and in China, to cast a critical eye on the country’s strategic and economic trajectory. The center especially highlights Southeast Asian perspectives.

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    Are Data Centers the Solution to China’s Renewables Excess Capacity?
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    Michael Pettis

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    China Needs a Very High Consumption Share of GDP Growth

      Michael Pettis

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    Tong Zhao

    Senior Fellow with the Nuclear Policy Program and Carnegie China

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    Chong Ja Ian

    Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie China

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    Carnegie China co-hosted a launch event of the China through a Southeast Asian Lens series with ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

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