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China’s Response to American-led “Containment and Suppression”
During the period since Beijing’s exit from the COVID-19 lockdown, Chinese leaders’ descriptions of their country’s strategic environment...
Ryan Hass
Aug 29, 202317 min read


Bolder Gambits, Same Challenges: Chinese Strategists Assess the Biden Admin’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
Chinese strategists view the motivations, drivers, and challenges arising from the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy with...
Joel Wuthnow and Elliot S. Ji
Aug 29, 202315 min read


National Security after China’s 20th Party Congress: Trends in Discourse and Policy
The 20th Party Congress in October 2022 affirmed the centrality of Xi Jinping’s vision of national (or state) security in Chinese...
Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Aug 29, 202317 min read


Li Qiang Versus Cai Qi in the Xi Jinping Leadership: Checks and Balances with CCP Characteristics?
Parallel groupings of power and, correspondingly, tensions in personnel network building and policy priorities have emerged between...
Guoguang Wu
Aug 29, 202319 min read


CLM Insights Interview with Chun Han Wong
Chun Han Wong. Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China’s Superpower Future. New York: Avid Reader Press, May 2023. 416 pp....
China Leadership Monitor
Aug 29, 20238 min read
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