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May 7, 2013 09:00 AM
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Taiwan Military Reform: Declining Operational Capabilities?
June 7, 2013 03:14 PM
On June 6, Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) released its first “Blue Paper” evaluating Taiwan’s defense requirements. Although the report probably serves a political purpose, the DPP’s critical assessment of Taiwan’s military budget, readiness and acquisition joins several other recent developments—including Taiwan’s second Quadrennial Defense Review released in March—in raising questions about the island’s warfighting capabilities (Taipei Times, June 7). Declining operational...
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Taiwan Work Leading Small Group under Xi Jinping
June 7, 2013
For Beijing, the status of Taiwan represents the last unresolved issue from the Chinese Civil War that ended with victory for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949. Taiwan-policy has, unsurprisingly, long been a policy focus...
How China Got There First: Beijing’s Unique Path to ASBM Development and Deployment
June 7, 2013
China’s deployment of the world’s first operational anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) has just been confirmed with unprecedented clarity by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The ASBM’s development path was unusual in many...
The South China Sea Dispute (Part One): Negative Trends Continue in 2013
June 7, 2013
From January through May, the South China Sea dispute continued to trend in a negative direction. Consistent with the pattern of developments over the past several years, the dispute continued to be characterized by an...
Chinese Dreams: An Ideological Bulwark, Not a Framework for Sino-American Relations
June 7, 2013
When U.S. President Barack Obama meets Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time in their current capacities on June 7–8, Washington will run squarely into Beijing’s recent efforts to strengthen China’s ideological bulwark...
Missile Defense with Chinese Characteristics
May 23, 2013
On January 27, 2013, China conducted its second mid-course missile defense interceptor test, leading to considerable speculation among Chinese and Western analysts about Beijing’s motives and intentions as well as its plans for...
Xinjiang’s April 23 Clash the Worst in Province since July 2009
May 23, 2013
On April 24, reports emerged from Xinjiang that 21 people had been killed in what was reported as a “terrorist clash” in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture (Xinhua, April 24). The incident came as U.S. Ambassador to Beijing Gary...
China’s Coexistence Strategy and the Consequences for World Order
May 23, 2013
China is no longer merely a passive recipient of the world order, but it has become a key factor in determining the foreign and defense policy choices that are open to other international actors. Beijing seems to have positioned...
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China’s Reform Summed Up: Politics, No; Economics, Yes (Sort of...)
May 23, 2013 04:10 PM
A near-schizophrenic bifurcation has informed Chinese-style reform as implemented by the six-month old administration of General Secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. On the one hand, the...
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Chinese Dreams: An Ideological Bulwark, Not a Framework for Sino-American Relations
June 7, 2013 03:02 PM
When U.S. President Barack Obama meets Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time in their current capacities on June 7–8, Washington will run squarely into Beijing’s recent efforts to...
