Volume 18 Issue 7

Articles from Volume 18 Issue 7

CCP Propaganda against Taiwan Enters the Social Age

04.24.2018 Russell Hsiao

At the height of the on-going controversial pension reforms debate in Taiwan, LINE—the most popular messaging application on the island—and internet users reportedly began seeing...

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The Rise and Rise of the United Front Work Department under Xi

04.24.2018 Gerry Groot

The March meeting of China’s two national level parliaments, the National People’s Congress and the Chinese Peoples’ Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), was notable for more...

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Is China Changing the Game in Trans-Polar Shipping?

04.24.2018 Matt Schrader

For more than a decade, Russian policymakers have fruitlessly tried to turn the Northern Sea Route (NSR), which connects Asia and Europe along Russia’s northern...

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific Volume 18 Issue 7

Corralling the People’s Armed Police: Centralizing Control to Reflect Centralized Budgets

04.24.2018 Adrian Zenz

On March 21, the Chinese government announced a major restructuring of the People's Armed Police (PAP) that will relegate all but one of its current...

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific Volume 18 Issue 7