Reports
Explore research reports written by our team of experienced China analysts. These comprehensive reports provide valuable insights and in-depth analyses, based on our unique, detailed data on China’s techno-economic landscape.
Chinese FDI in Europe’s EV sector: A “de-risking” design failure?
Our latest report dives into Datenna’s data to explore the risks tied to recent Chinese investments in the EV sector across several EU countries. It focuses in particular on uncovering connections between private companies and state entities by examining shareholding patterns—up to the fourth level—as well as the investments of key Chinese investors in some European countries. We spotlight recent Chinese investments in Finland, Hungary, and Spain, which showcase different parts of the EV supply chain.
Navigating Challenges and Risks in Sino-European Academic Collaborations
This report introduces a toolbox for addressing some of the major risks associated with academic collaborations and conducting due diligence on collaboration partners in China. For this process, a specially compiled OSINT dataset including various Sino-European academic collaborations has been cross-referenced with the Datenna platform.
China in the Arctic
The Arctic region attracts the interest of many players for its strategic position and natural resources. But how is China going about its Arctic strategy? Relying on Datenna’s extensive data on China’s techno-economic landscape, this report dives into 569 Chinese Arctic-related research projects and more in-depth into two research institutes, providing an initial assessment of the pace in which China is developing technologies used for Arctic exploration especially in the field of underwater acoustic. This allows for a solid, comparative handle on how China’s technological capabilities are developing, and where potential capability gaps are still present.
Artificial Intelligence and the People’s Liberation Army
By leveraging Datenna’s unique dataset of Chinese military procurements after 2020, we have evalauted Beijing’s effort to prepare for “intelligentized” warfare. Several key themes in the Chinese defence sector’s interest in acquiring advanced AI technology have been identified, including infrastructure security, information gathering, training, and the widely discussed intelligent combat systems.