Volume 26 Issue 1

Articles from Volume 26 Issue 1

Xi Projects Confidence in Shorter New Year’s Speech

01.10.2026 Arran Hope

Executive Summary: Exuding confidence, Xi’s new year’s eve speech heralded the start of a new five-year plan, praised advances in artificial intelligence and other emerging...

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PLA Justice Mission 2025 Further Rehearses Taiwan Invasion Operations

01.09.2026 K. Tristan Tang

Executive Summary: The PLA launched another military exercise in late December 2025, with force scale and deployment locations broadly similar to previous drills. The exercise...

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Beijing Accelerates Clearance of ‘Naked Officials’ from Top Ranks

01.09.2026 Youlun Nie

Executive Summary In late 2025, Beijing initiated a systemic clearance of “naked officials”—those with spouses or children residing abroad—from senior leadership ranks, marking a decisive...

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Near-Seas Force Locking Reshapes Gulf of Aden Naval Missions

01.07.2026 Yu-cheng Chen

Executive Summary: The 46th and 47th Gulf of Aden escort task groups of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) set consecutive records for deployment length,...

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