Michael Laha
Michael Laha is a consultant at Sinolytics, a European research-based consultancy focused on China. Previously, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation German Chancellor Fellow based at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). He also worked at the Asia Society Center on US-China Relations where he most recently was a Senior Program Officer. He holds an M.A. from Columbia University and a B.S. from Tufts University.
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Graphene Among New Materials Intended to Unlock New Productive Forces
Executive Summary: Graphene is one of the most promising candidates to boost the new materials sector, which has been the focus of high-level strategic planning in the People’s Republic of
PRC Pursues Chip Design Software Dominance
Executive Summary: US-China technology competition is no longer confined to only leading-edge semiconductors but is now moving to also include older so-called mature-node or legacy chips. Central and local level
Chokepoint Consortium: Chinese Experts on Confronting American Pressure
News broke this September that Huawei released a new 5G-capable phone produced with domestic chip technology reportedly in contravention of US export controls. While experts disagree to what extent this
In Search of Self-Reliance: Xi Overhauls China’s Innovation System
Introduction In 2016, President Xi Jinping visited Nanchang University in Jiangxi Province to learn more about the work of the National Silicon-based LED Engineering Technology Research Center (Jiangxi News, September