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China Exploiting Russian Weakness in Arctic–and Moscow Has Reason to Worry

06.26.2025 Paul Goble

Executive Summary: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has expanded its activities in the Arctic since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Moscow...

DeepSeek’s Background Raises Multiple Concerns

06.07.2025 Matthew Gabriel Cazel Brazil

Five Key Factors Behind Irregular Leadership Changes in the People’s Liberation Army

06.07.2025 Zi Yang

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Concessions Unlikely as Xi Hosts Western Leaders

12.18.2025 Willy Wo-Lap Lam

Executive Summary: State media exude confidence about current European and Western leaders “scrambling” to visit Beijing, suggesting that General Secretary Xi Jinping will remain unmoved...

Publication China Brief Notes

New Military–Civil Fusion Body for PRC Robotics Ecosystem

12.18.2025 Sunny Cheung

Executive Summary: A new National Humanoid Robot Standardization Technical Committee sits at the nexus of industrial policy and military modernization, with participation by U.S.-restricted firms...

Publication China Brief Notes

Beijing Sees Opportunity in U.S. National Security Strategy

12.17.2025 Shijie Wang

Executive Summary: Chinese assessments of the U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) see it as confirmation of hegemonic decline, strategic retrenchment, and a shift to an...

Publication China Brief Notes

The PRC’s Expanding Arms Control Agenda

12.11.2025 Sabine Mokry

Executive Summary: The State Council has published a new arms control white paper that expands its arms-control agenda to include outer space, cyberspace, artificial intelligence,...

Publication China Brief