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VoxChina Covid-19 Forum (First Edition): Public Health and Public Policy

VoxChina, Apr 11, 2020

Covid-19 poses unprecedented challenges to the global health and global economy. We are pleased to initiate a series of Covid-19 Public Health and Public Policy Virtual Forums to discuss the impact and policy responses to Covid-19.

Geopolitics in the Evaluation of International Scientific Collaboration

Alexander C. Furnas, Ruixue Jia, Margaret E. Roberts, Dashun Wang, Mar 11, 2026

Highlighting a tension between science’s universalist ideals and today’s geopolitical realities...

Mapping the Contours of Chinese Policy Transmission at Home and Abroad

Silvia Miranda-Agrippino, Tsvetelina Nenova, Hélène Rey, Mar 03, 2026

China’s place within international trade networks and global supply chains makes the propagation of Chinese shocks a global phenomenon.

How Do New Firms Shape Regional Economic Growth in China?

Loren Brandt, Gueorgui Kambourov, Kjetil Storesletten, Dec 09, 2025

Barriers to entry facing new firms are a major source of regional economic differences. Removing these barriers can play an important role in economic convergence and growth.

AI Patents in the United States and China: Measurement, Organization, and Knowledge Flows

Hanming Fang, Xian Gu, Hanyin Yan, Wu Zhu, Jun 16, 2026

ebates about artificial intelligence (AI) often ask whether the United States and China are technologically decoupling. Using a new high-precision measure of AI patents, we show a more nuanced picture. AI innovation in the two countries is converging in scale and technological direction, but remains highly asymmetric in institutional organization, geographic diffusion, and cross-border knowledge dependence. Chinese AI patents rely heavily on US frontier technologies, while US reliance on Chinese innovation is more limited.