Chinese Perspectives on BRI Challenges and Retrenchment
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is frequently described in Washington as a harbinger for a new Chinese-led economic order. Numerous...
CACR Report: China's Uncertain Times and Fading Opportunities
On 16 October, the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) kicked off in Beijing with CCP General Secretary Xi...
Chinese Views on Japan's Response in a Taiwan Strait Conflict
Whether Japan will intervene in a military contingency in the Taiwan Strait and how exactly it would do so is subject to debate among...
The China-Solomon Islands Agreement and Beijing's Prospects for Influence in the Pacific Islands
Earlier this year, a security agreement between China and the Solomon Islands elicited a surge of Western criticism and long-awaited...
Can the US Deter a Taiwan Invasion?
For the third time in less than a year, governments and observers are attempting to understand President Biden's apparent assertion that...