Muhammad Asif Noor
Muhammad Asif Noor is the Founder of the Friends of BRI Forum and Advisor to Pakistan Research Center, Hebei Normal University, China & Co-Founder, Alliance of China-Pakistan Research Centres. He is also Secretary General of the Pakistan-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Friendship Forum.
By Muhammad Asif Noor America’s gross federal debt stood at $39.84 trillion on July 30, placing the United States close to the significant $40 trillion threshold. Crossing it will neither cause a market rupture nor mean Washington cannot meet its obligations. Yet the…
By Muhammad Asif Noor Beijing released its 15th Five-Year Plan for Expanding Consumption this week. For the first time in the history of China’s planning architecture, the State Council approved a dedicated five-year blueprint focused exclusively on domestic consumption as the central strategic…
By Muhammad Asif Noor On 11 June 2026, Beijing hosted the Forum on Global Human Rights Governance, bringing together more than 400 participants from over 100 countries, the United Nations, and international organisations for two days of deliberation on one of the most…
By Muhammad Asif Noor Europe’s argument with China over electric vehicles is often presented as a fight over subsidies. That framing is too small for the moment. The real contest is about industrial confidence. It asks whether Europe can protect its automotive base…
By Muhammad Asif Noor For China, history often moves with a sense of continuity and direction. The adoption of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) at the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress, on March 12, 2026, marks the beginning of a…
By Muhammad Asif Noor There is something worth sitting with in the fact that the United States Trade Representative’s 2026 Trade Policy Agenda, released just days ago, lists managing trade with China for “reciprocity and balance” as one of its six central priorities. …
By Muhammad Asif Noor As China convenes its annual “Two Sessions”, the meetings of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, both happening on March 4 and 5th, global attention once again turns to Beijing. These sessions are essential…
By Muhammad Asif Noor As 2026 unfolds, the United States economy is entering a phase marked less by cyclical recovery and more by structural and policy-induced adjustment. Under President Donald Trump’s renewed economic agenda, tariffs, extended tax measures, and tighter immigration controls are…