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China’s rise continues to present tremendous strategic challenges and opportunities for the United States and its allies and partners. Today, Beijing aims to connect the majority of the world’s population under the Belt and Road Initiative, dominate high-tech industry, and forge a world-class military. Despite the sustained, structural momentum behind China’s growth, increasing economic uncertainty, paired with long-term demographic challenges and tightening domestic political control, have further complicated the trajectory of Chinese power and influence in the decades ahead.

The Global China Hub tracks Beijing’s actions and their global impacts, assessing China’s rise from multiple angles and identifying emerging China policy challenges. The Hub leverages its network of China experts around the world to generate actionable recommendations for policymakers in Washington and beyond.

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In the News

Sep 5, 2023

Lipsky quoted by Politico on the spillover effects of China’s slowing economy

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 5, 2023

Atlantic Council Experts cited by the Hinrich Foundation on the BRICS expansion

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Brazil China

In the News

Sep 4, 2023

Garlauskas quoted in the EurAsian Times

On September 3, Markus Garlauskas’s recent comments to Nikkei Asia were quoted in the EurAsian Times. The article underscored Garlauskas’s statement that the world has underestimated the nuclear threat posed by North Korea, particularly “its risk calculus, its willingness to provoke, its willingness to engage in limited acts of aggression.”

Arms Control China

In the News

Sep 1, 2023

Lipsky interviewed by the Financial Times on the implications of Xi’s absence for the G20

By Josh Lipsky

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China G20

In the News

Sep 1, 2023

Kroenig in the New York Times on nuclear threats

By Atlantic Council

Matthew Kroenig warns of nuclear threats from China, North Korea, and Russia

China Nuclear Deterrence

In the News

Aug 31, 2023

Cynkin interviewed by VOA on the PRC’s response to Camp David Trilateral Summit

On August 31, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Thomas Cynkin spoke with VOA Korea about the PRC’s reaction to the recent Trilateral Leaders’ Summit at Camp David. He explained, “I cannot rule out more aggressive action, but I think the Chinese are [currently] very cautious” in their response toward South Korea.

China Indo-Pacific

In the News

Aug 30, 2023

Hinata-Yamaguchi quoted in South China Morning Post

On August 29, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi was quoted in South China Morning Post. He discusses the delicate political challenges of Japan’s recent decision to discharge wastewater from its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, arguing that “going forward, Japan has to ensure that it upholds the transparency that it is showing.”

China Energy & Environment

In the News

Aug 29, 2023

Tran cited by the Policy Center for the New South on RMB share of China’s total cross-border settlements

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China Digital Currencies

In the News

Aug 29, 2023

Guevara in El Heraldo de Mexico on the future of security and defense forces in the light of the war in Ukraine

By Inigo Guevara Moyano

On August 29, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Inigo Guevara authored an article in El Heraldo de México on the future of security and defense forces in the light of the war in Ukraine, with a particular focus on the increasing competition between the United States and China (text in Spanish). 

China Latin America

In the News

Aug 29, 2023

Kumar interviewed by Coin Desk on the future of CBDCs

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China Economy & Business

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