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Is China Really Meddling in U.S. Elections?
In The News
When U.S. President Donald Trump slapped steel tariffs on the European Union this spring, Brussels responded with what it hoped would be a politically painful set of retaliato...
By Abigail Grace
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How the US-China trade war may be good for Beijing
In The News
The opening salvos of the trade war between the US and China were deafening, and while the battle is far from over, a rift between the countries may be beneficial to Beijing i...
By Abigail Grace
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Trump's accusation opens new front in stand-off with China
In The News
US President Donald Trump has opened a new front in his stand-off with China on trade, accusing Beijing of interfering with America's elections. The accusation was made on Wed...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
China’s massive investment in artificial intelligence has an insidious downsideBEIJING—In a gleaming high-rise here in northern Beijing's Haidian district, two hardware jocks in their 20s are testing new computer chips that might someday make smartphones...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
China’s AI dreamsLast year, China’s chief governing body announced an ambitious scheme for the country to become a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) technology by 2030. The Chinese ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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India has imposed certain redlines on China's BRI: Expert
WASHINGTON: India has effectively imposed certain redlines on China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia, a US expert has said. India is the only major country o...
By Daniel Kliman
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'It's a Mistake to Underestimate China'
BEIJING—At the recent APEC CEO Summit in Vietnam, President Donald Trump said the United States would refocus its existing development efforts in Asia toward infrastructure in...
By Daniel Kliman
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CNAS Commentary: Responding to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Press Note
Washington, November 13 – The past week has seen the beginning of a U.S. response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – a trillion-dollar infrastructure play by Beijing ...
By Daniel Kliman & Harry Krejsa
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An Emboldened Xi Will Greet a Troubled Trump in China
President Donald Trump arrives in China with a first-year record that includes sagging approval ratings and an investigation into Russia’s connections to his campaign, but als...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Panama Establishes Ties With China, Further Isolating Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Panama has severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favor of recognizing China, the latest in a series of developments adding to the island’s isolation on ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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China's Growing Naval Might Challenges US Supremacy in Asia
Ship by ship, port by port, China has over the past two decades been assembling one of the essential engines of global power: a modern navy capable of projecting force far fro...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China's Next Aircraft Carrier: Everything We Know (So Far)Construction of China’s third aircraft carrier is well underway at the Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai. The massive vessel—dubbed the Type 002—is China’s first c...
By Jerry Hendrix
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China Arms Its Great Wall of Sand
For a man who stood at the White House in September 2015 and promised not to militarize the South China Sea, Xi Jinping is sure doing a lot of militarizing. Satellite photos r...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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Is Taiwan a bargaining-chip for Trump on China?
The president-elect upset almost 40 years of US practice in the region by taking a call from the Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen. It was an unprecedented breach of the protocol...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s choice for top China diplomat has long ties to Xi
DES MOINES, Iowa — It may seem odd for the governor of a lightly populated agricultural state to be chosen as U.S. ambassador to China, especially amid escalating talk of a tr...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump and China on collision course
In speaking on the telephone with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and lashing out at China on Twitter over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump did more than bewilder lea...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S. Troubles Over Trump and TPP Risk Emboldening China in AsiaIn Bloomberg, senior fellow Patrick Cronin discusses the need for U.S. reliability in the South China Sea as China continues to expand....
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Could the US Navy Really Hunt Down Russian or Chinese Submarines?Senior fellow Jerry Hendrix discusses the past and current anti-submarine warfare capabilities of the U.S. and Russia in The National Interest....
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
Why the US Navy Should Fear China's New 093B Nuclear Attack SubmarineDirector of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program Jerry Hendrix explains the technology of the new Chinese 093B Nuclear Attack Submarine in The National Interest....
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China Suspends Diplomatic Contact With TaiwanSenior fellow Patrick Cronin discusses the friction between China and Taiwan after mainland officials suspended contact in The New York Times....
By Patrick M. Cronin
