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...
Myanmar’s Coup and the Risks to the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor
On February 1, Myanmar’s military—known as the Tatmadaw—declared a one-year national emergency, claiming that the November 2020 election...
China’s Civilian Fishing Fleets Are Still Weapons of Territorial Control
Photograph from Xinhua News showing a Chinese maritime militia ship in 2016. In response to the ongoing presence of over 200 Chinese...
How Sansha City Implements Military-Civil Fusion in the South China Sea
In 2012, China established Sansha City to administer the majority of its maritime and territorial claims in the South China Sea. In the...
China and the Lao Electrical Grid: Implications for Future Borrowers and China
Introduction On 4 September, Reuters reported that the government of Laos, on the verge of default on its debt, planned to establish a...
Rewriting History: How Beijing uses KMT Histories to Forward Its Policy Objectives
Image: Xi Jinping Visits the Siping Battle Memorial Hall in Jilin Province, July 2020. In recent months, Beijing has propagated two...