Bates Gill

Dr. Bates Gill holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. A specialist in East Asian foreign policy and politics, Dr. Gill focuses primarily on China's domestic transformation, China's regional diplomacy, and US-China relations.

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The People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force: Update 2019

05.29.2019 Adam Ni

Introduction China established the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Strategic Support Force (SSF) (zhanlue zhiyuan budui, 战略支援部队) in late 2015 as part of a sweeping military...

Publication China Brief China

More Strait Talk: Ten Years After the Taiwan Missile Crisis

10.25.2005 Bates Gill

On July 21, 1995, in response to Taiwan’s then-President Lee Teng-hui’s controversial visit to his alma mater in the United States, China fired a volley...

Publication China Brief

TAIWAN’S ELECTION RESULTS: GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, OR NO NEWS?

01.04.2005 Bates Gill

The good news about the Taiwan Legislative Yuan elections last month, from the perspective of Beijing, Washington, and at least half of the Taiwan electorate,...

Publication China Brief