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3 June, 2025
What is China’s message to the Global South?
China tells the Global South a story of shared identity, development, and demands global reform.
16 May, 2025
Sources of instability – reading China’s new national security white paper
China’s new white paper on national security outlines a broad and increasingly complex risk landscape.
15 April, 2025
Is there any hope for political liberalization in China?
Past attempts at political reform meet a present-day China where the space for change is shrinking.
5 March, 2025
What the Yi Peng 3 cable-cutting incident reveals about China-Russia relations
Four hypotheses on China’s involvement in the Baltic Sea cable sabotage and its impact on Russia-China rela...
17 January, 2025
China already left – so what is Trump’s Greenland gambit about?
What’s really driving Trump's interest in Greenland, and where does China fit into the discussion?
18 December, 2024
What’s going on inside Xi Jinping’s military purge?
China’s Defence Ministry denied corruption rumors about Defence Minister Dong Jun, while confirming an inve...
11 December, 2024
Security concerns regarding Chinese connected cars: A short overview
The rise of electric vehicles (EVs) and smart car technology is increasingly raising concerns over cybersec...
21 May, 2024
Putin in Beijing, May 16-17 2024
President Putin visited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing.
China’s limited role in Ukraine’s reconstruction: expectations, constraints and strategic opportunities