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The Patriotic Education Campaign in Xi’s China: The Emergence of a New Generation of Nationalists
Xi Jinping has intensified his patriotic education campaign to reaffirm the CCP’s authoritarian rule and he has nurtured a new generation...
Suisheng Zhao
Mar 1, 202321 min read


Measuring China’s Technological Self-Reliance Drive
Assessments of China's efforts to promote indigenous innovation will be fruitless without clear metrics for technological...
Jeffrey Ding
Mar 1, 202311 min read


Xi’s New Central Military Commission: A War Council for Taiwan?
A key result of the 20th Party Congress was the reappointment of Xi Jinping as chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the...
Joel Wuthnow
Dec 1, 202214 min read


Enabling “Patriots” to Be Masters of the Island: Evolution of Xi’s Policy on Taiwan Since 2013
This article examines the evolution of China’s Taiwan policy under Xi Jinping. It argues that there have been four key shifts since...
Bonny Lin
Sep 1, 202219 min read


From Strategic Reassurance to Running Over Roadblocks: A Review of Xi’s Foreign Policy Record
The conduct of China’s foreign policy over the past decade has grown more nakedly ambitious and tolerant of friction in pursuit of...
Ryan Hass
Sep 1, 202219 min read


CLM Insights Interview with Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd, The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic War between the US and Xi Jinping’s China. Public Affairs (March 2022). 432...
China Leadership Monitor
Sep 1, 20228 min read


The Edge of an Abyss: Xi Jinping’s Overall National Security Outlook
Regime security has been a central concern of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) dating back to the founding of the People’s Republic of...
Jude Blanchette
Sep 1, 202217 min read


Strategic Partner or Strategic Player? Russian Asia Experts Assess China’s Ukraine Policy
In the U.S. and Europe, China is seen as Russia’s tacit supporter, but what do Russian experts think? This article examines recent...
Elizabeth Wishnick
Jun 1, 202216 min read
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