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China Brief is a primary source of timely information and cutting-edge analysis for policy-makers, intelligence and military personnel, academics, journalists, and business leaders. In addition to its audience in Europe and the United States, China Brief is widely-read in East Asia, where articles are regularly translated and reprinted in leading newspapers, journals, and websites.

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United Front Worker Recommits to Rejuvenation

08.19.2026 Cheryl Yu

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08.14.2026 Christopher Nye

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08.13.2026 Sunny Cheung

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United Front Worker Recommits to Rejuvenation

08.19.2026 Cheryl Yu

Information Warfare

Beijing Ships Harmful Products It Restricts at Home

08.14.2026 Christopher Nye

Politics & Society

Beijing Signals Tiered Governance of Open-Weight Models

08.13.2026 Sunny Cheung

Technology

Xi Bids for Global Leadership at 2026 World AI Conference

08.13.2026 Lea Thome

Technology

China Brief Notes

China Brief Notes offers short-form, incisive articles responding to a new event, law, speech, tifa (提法), or other development in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) that is of strategic interest to policymakers across the world.

Purges, Aging Set Stage for 21st Party Congress Turnover

08.20.2026 Willy Wo-Lap Lam

Politics & Society

United Front Worker Recommits to Rejuvenation

08.19.2026 Cheryl Yu

Information Warfare

Reports

Watching Beijing Watching Moscow: Takeaways for a Taiwan Conflict

This week, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth year. What began as a European war has transformed into a live-fire laboratory for how...

Smart Device Empire: Beijing’s Expansion Through Everyday Digital Infrastructure

Chinese smart devices and the software that underpins them are present in millions of homes around the world, including in the United States. This is...

Harnessing the People: Mapping Overseas United Front Work in Democratic States

Executive Summary: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has created a global network of individuals and organizations as part of its united front system. In four...

Rigging the Game: PRC Oil Structures Encroach on Taiwan’s Pratas Island

Executive Summary: Beijing’s relentless pressure on Taiwan now includes oil rigs: twelve permanent or semi-permanent structures and dozens of associated ships. The structures, which are...

Building a Strong Informatized Strategic Missile Force: An Overview of the Second Artillery Force with a Focus on Training in 2014

This report analyzes the training and personnel recruitment of the People’s Liberation Army Second Artillery Force (PLASAF), China’s main strategic deterrent force. While there has...

PLA Air Force, Naval Aviation, and Army Aviation Aviator Recruitment, Education, and Training

This report provides an overview of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aviation branch’s aviator recruitment, education, and training. Although the focus of the...

Six Years at Sea… And Counting: Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy and China’s Maritime Commons Presence

Now Available from the Jamestown Store Well over six years of Chinese anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden have directly supported People's Liberation Army Navy...

Chinese Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) Development: Drivers, Trajectories and Strategic Implications

China’s anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM), the DF-21D, has reached the equivalent of Initial Operational Capability. Although it probably has been deployed in small numbers, additional...

Defending the Strait: Taiwan’s Naval Strategy in the 21st Century

The Taiwan Navy can no longer keep up with a Chinese military that commands vast material preponderance, both quantitative and, increasingly, qualitative. It should no...

PRC Supply Chain Ecosystem Behind Iran’s Drone Campaign

04.03.2026 Christopher Nye

Military & Security

Ethnic Unity Law Enforces Mandatory Assimilation

04.02.2026 Christopher Nye

Politics & Society

The Myth of the PRC’s Overseas Energy Vulnerability

03.31.2026 Daniel Fu

Economics & Energy

Strategic Eurasianism: Xi and Putin Cement Bloc Alignment

03.20.2026 Matthew Johnson

Foreign Policy

Editorial Team

Arran Hope

Editor, China Brief

Arran Hope is the editor of China Brief at The Jamestown Foundation, where he also has responsibility for additional China-related publications and programming. His writings analyzing political developments in the…

Shijie Wang

Deputy Editor, China Brief

Shijie Wang is a Deputy Editor for China Brief. He is a graduate of the Master of Public Policy Program at Georgetown University.

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United Front Worker Recommits to Rejuvenation

Beijing Ships Harmful Products It Restricts at Home

Beijing Signals Tiered Governance of Open-Weight Models

Latest

United Front Worker Recommits to Rejuvenation

Beijing Ships Harmful Products It Restricts at Home

Beijing Signals Tiered Governance of Open-Weight Models

Xi Bids for Global Leadership at 2026 World AI Conference

China Brief Notes

Purges, Aging Set Stage for 21st Party Congress Turnover

United Front Worker Recommits to Rejuvenation

Reports

Watching Beijing Watching Moscow: Takeaways for a Taiwan Conflict

Smart Device Empire: Beijing’s Expansion Through Everyday Digital Infrastructure

Harnessing the People: Mapping Overseas United Front Work in Democratic States

Rigging the Game: PRC Oil Structures Encroach on Taiwan’s Pratas Island

Building a Strong Informatized Strategic Missile Force: An Overview of the Second Artillery Force with a Focus on Training in 2014

PLA Air Force, Naval Aviation, and Army Aviation Aviator Recruitment, Education, and Training

Six Years at Sea… And Counting: Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy and China’s Maritime Commons Presence

Chinese Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) Development: Drivers, Trajectories and Strategic Implications

Defending the Strait: Taiwan’s Naval Strategy in the 21st Century

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PRC Supply Chain Ecosystem Behind Iran’s Drone Campaign

Ethnic Unity Law Enforces Mandatory Assimilation

The Myth of the PRC’s Overseas Energy Vulnerability

Strategic Eurasianism: Xi and Putin Cement Bloc Alignment

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