Volume 25 Issue 12

Articles from Volume 25 Issue 12

China Spares No Expense For Latin America and Caribbean Ties

06.21.2025 Matthew Fulco

Executive Summary: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has cultivated close ties with Brazil, which it sees as a prime candidate to co-lead the Global...

Publication China Brief Brazil Volume 25 Issue 12

Scandal Exposes Technocracy, Nepotism, and Control Among PRC Elite

06.21.2025 Shijie Wang

Executive Summary: Elite privilege and lack of transparent checks and balances mean that corruption scandals are a feature of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) system...

Publication China Brief China Volume 25 Issue 12

Drills and Experts Suggest Beijing Favors Blockade on Longer Timeline

06.21.2025 Daniel Fu

Executive Summary: The People’s Liberation Army increasingly emphasizes blockade scenarios in its exercises and drills, signaling a strategic shift in Beijing’s approach to a military...

Publication China Brief China Volume 25 Issue 12

Xi Jinping’s Central Position in Official Media Starts to Erode

06.21.2025 Willy Wo-Lap Lam

Executive Summary: The relative absence of supreme leader Xi Jinping in authoritative media could indicate that his power, though still unassailable, is waning. There were...

Publication China Brief Belarus Volume 25 Issue 12