The International Spectator is pleased to present a podcast episode exploring the Chinese use of informal trade restrictions to foster its rise as a rising power. The speaker Sara Van Hoeymissen, Senior Researcher in the Department of Economics, Management and Leadership at the Royal Military Academy, will illustrate the main themes of her recent open access article Shadowboxing: The People’s Republic of China’s Use of Informal Trade Restrictions as a Rising Power, published on The International Spectator: join her in this discussion on how the PRC is engaging in coercive influencing while safeguarding its ability to stay connected to the global economy and its main protagonists.

The article is take from latest Issue (Volume 60, Issue 2/2025) of The International Spectator, the peer-reviewed journal of IAI, which has China’s Economic Statecraft and Europe’s Response as one of the issue's core themes.

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