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Crisis Management and the Taiwan Situation: Chinese Views and Conflict Avoidance
As the United States and China continue to clash over the contentious Taiwan issue, the likelihood of serious diplomatic and military...
Michael D. Swaine
Jun 4, 202317 min read


CLM Insights Interview with Suisheng Zhao
Suisheng Zhao. The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy. Stanford University Press, 2023....
China Leadership Monitor
Jun 1, 20235 min read


CLM Insights Interview with Susan L. Shirk
Susan Shirk, Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise. Oxford University Press. October 2022. 424 pp. Insights Interview You...
China Leadership Monitor
Mar 1, 20235 min read


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
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