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Chinese Social Media Cancels Companies Over Xinjiang Cotton Boycott
Abby Lemert, Eleanor Runde Fri, Apr 9, 2021, 8:01 AM
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Hong Kong’s Election Overhaul in Context
Jackson Neagli Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 10:52 AM
Beijing has implemented a sweeping, top-down electoral overhaul in Hong Kong, which will further constrain the region’s increasingly limited autonomy.
China
What’s Next for U.S.-China Military Relations?
Robert D. Williams Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 11:38 AM
Can the world’s most powerful militaries make progress on improving operational safety and preventing miscalculation?
Podcasts
ChinaTalk: CCP Influence Ops in Japan—Everywhere Yet Nowhere in Particular
Jordan Schneider Tue, Nov 24, 2020, 6:56 PM
'Everywhere Yet Nowhere in Particular' is the title of Devin Stewart's latest report. We discuss China's tactics in trying to influence Japanese politics and society as well as what makes Japan uniquely resistant to the CCP's charms.
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It’s Only a Matter of Time Before China Detains U.S. Executives
Bill Priestap, Holden Triplett Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 10:41 AM
The Chinese Communist Party uses the full spectrum of law enforcement actions to exert leverage. And detaining an American on business could provide political and economic advantages.
SinoTech
Ant Group IPO Suspended; Five-Year Plan Unveiled
Abby Lemert, Eleanor Runde Wed, Nov 4, 2020, 12:21 PM
Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy and national security news.
China
Justice Department Charges Eight Alleged Chinese Agents in Plot to Target Dissidents
Rohini Kurup Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 2:14 PM
The FBI has arrested five individuals and the other three remain at large.
Foreign Policy Essay
Wuhan, From the Cultural Revolution to COVID-19
Andrew Scobell Sun, Jul 12, 2020, 10:01 AM
Four lessons about what the history of the province where the coronavirus emerged tells us about the Chinese Communist Party.
Podcasts
ChinaTalk: How the Party Takes its Propaganda Global
Jordan Schneider Mon, Apr 6, 2020, 2:38 PM
What are the Chinese Communist Party's international propaganda goals? How is it faring in the battle to define COVID-19's winners and losers?
Foreign Policy Essay
Is Time Really on China's Side? What the Economic Slowdown Means for Future Chinese Power
John Lee Sun, Jan 17, 2016, 10:10 AM
Editor's Note: Official estimates and popular discourse portray China as an emerging colussus whose ever-expanding economy will make it the dominant power in Asia and a peer competitor to the United States. John Lee, of the Hudson Institute and Australian National University, paints a far darker picture -- at least for China. Lee identifies a range of grave economic problems that China faces and contends that its resulting future military power is likely to be far more limited than is usually estimated.
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