Wang Wen
Wang Wen is the dean of Chongyang Institute of Financial studies, Renmin University of China, and the executive director of the China-US People to People Exchange Research Centre.
Recent articles by Wang Wen
10 April 2025
Will there be a war between China and the US?
Will there be a war between China and the US? This question suddenly gained popularity in early April 2024, mainly because, in response to Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal tariff” policy, China was the first country to impose strict countermeasures.
11 February 2025
Why Trump 2.0 still can't win the trade war with China
On the third day after Donald Trump announced the imposition of 25% and 10% tariffs on imported Canadian and Chinese goods respectively, Canada yielded and co-operated with Trump's demands, in exchange for a one-month suspension of the agreement by the US.
20 January 2025
Thanks Trump, for helping make China great again
Donald Trump’s second term may not be all bad for all nations, including and especially China. For many Chinese internet users, Trump’s policies have unwittingly strengthened their country. This is why he has earned the popular nickname “Chuan Jianguo,” which means “Make China Great.”
7 August 2024
China’s six unseen struggles, and triumphs
Western media analysts often fail to grasp the significance of the reforms initiated at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing (CPC), which recently concluded in Beijing.
13 March 2024
Six peculiar Peak China myths we all should question
In recent years, there has been a notable shift among certain Western politicians, media outlets and think tanks regarding their perspective on China's developmental trajectory. The once popular theory of an imminent collapse of China, famously asserted by Gordon G. Chang over two decades ago, has finally begun to lose traction.
22 February 2024
As a new world war rages, an anxious China walks softly
A new world war is underway. For those living in developed countries, where gruesome battles remain mere headlines, it may not feel like the earth is burning, but in 2022 a total of 180 military conflicts (defined as resulting in 25 battle-deaths or more in that year) occurred worldwide. The final statistics for 2023 compiled by the Peace Research Institute Oslo, will undoubtedly be much higher and more spine-chilling.
15 January 2024
China is prepared for cross-Taiwan strait reunification
I hope to get a Chinese passport and become a Chinese citizen, a Taiwanese student of mine once told me. Only by being Chinese can we have confidence and become the most powerful country in the world. If we remain only Taiwanese, we are but a mere vassal of the United States, he said with hope and urgency.
1 October 2023
How has the Belt and Road Initiative changed the world?
The ten years of the Belt and Road Initiative has proven that the rise of China has not brought colonialism, disaster, war, refugees, and crises. Instead, it brought the world trade, commodities, tourists, infrastructure, economic growth and civilisation. No matter how Western politicians, media, and think tanks vilify the BRI, they cannot cover up a basic factthat is, when China is strong, it does not take the old path of aggression and expansion we see in the histories of Europe, the US, Japan, and others.
7 June 2023
The G7 is copying Chinas homework
Many of the G7s hopes and wants for the world appear to have been lifted directly from official documents of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Theres no real benefit to debating whether the G7 is copying the CPCs policy program, although it smells of plagiarism. China is pleased that more countries are willing to study, absorb and even copy China's experience. There are so many similarities between the G7 communiqu and China's propositions, there is no reason to be unhappy.
8 January 2023
2022 will go down as the year of de-Westernisation
From Chinas socialist path to Latin Americas left turn and Aseans neutral stance, more countries are quietly but firmly spurning the Western world order.