Charles Sun

Charles Sun is a China-focused policy analyst specializing in technology governance and the political economy of elite-state relations. He is a Yale Sinovation Fellow at the Yale School of Management and was a visiting fellow at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stanford University. His Stanford research introduced the Proactive Elite Alignment Theory (PEAT) framework for analyzing anticipatory compliance in China’s tech sector. He holds master’s degrees from Stanford University and Columbia University.

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Beijing’s Hukou Reform Is Not Welfare-Oriented

05.29.2026 Christopher Nye

Executive Summary: On May 22, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) ordered local governments to provide basic public services by place...

Publication China Brief China

Beijing Entrenches Asymmetric Closed-Door Strategy

05.15.2026 Christopher Nye

Executive Summary: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is constructing a functional closed-door regime for the core factors of production, simultaneously retaining people, capital, frontier...

Publication China Brief China

Policy Support for Robotics Firms Shows Defense Integration

04.15.2026 Charles Sun

Executive Summary: As state-subsidized robotics firms achieve technological breakthroughs, newly established national standardization committees systematically harvest their innovations to ensure the commercial sector is integrated...

Publication China Brief China

PRC Supply Chain Ecosystem Behind Iran’s Drone Campaign

04.03.2026 Christopher Nye

Executive Summary: In March 2026, Iran’s drone campaign consumed thousands of expendable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The critical technologies, manufacturing equipment, and components underpinning these...

Publication China Brief China

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