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7 May, 2025
Joint military exercises signal deepening Russia-China strategic alignment
Russia and China are steadily strengthening their military and defence cooperation.
6 May, 2025
China-Russia alignment – a shared vision, without fully seeing eye to eye
Despite growing alignment between China and Russia, the countries’ self-proclaimed "no-limits partnership"...
11 March, 2025
The Chinese Communist Party’s influence over businesses
What means of influence does the CCP have over private businesses, and how is this influence exercised in p...
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...
22 October, 2024
Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic: Implications for Nordic countries and recommended policy responses
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the two countries pledged to strengthen their cooperatio...
Is there any hope for political liberalization in China?