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Takeaways from China’s National People’s Congress Meeting

March 17, 2026
Ling Chen, Jaehwan Lim, Shanshan Mei, and Neil Thomas
Takeaways from China’s National People’s Congress Meeting

A Changing World, a Constant Priority: China’s Homeland Defense

December 17, 2025
Shanshan Mei and Dennis J. Blasko
A Changing World, a Constant Priority: China’s Homeland Defense

62 Years After the ’62 War, Where Do China and India Go From Here?

December 9, 2024
Shanshan Mei and Dennis J. Blasko
62 Years After the ’62 War, Where Do China and India Go From Here?

Don’t Ever Invade China:
Xi Jinping Prioritizes Border, Coastal, and Air Defense

August 27, 2024
Shanshan Mei and Dennis J. Blasko
Don’t Ever Invade China:
Xi Jinping Prioritizes Border, Coastal, and Air Defense

Back to the Basics: How Many People Are in the People’s Liberation Army?

July 12, 2024
Shanshan Mei and Dennis J. Blasko
Back to the Basics: How Many People Are in the People’s Liberation Army?

People Win Wars: A 2022 Reality Check on PLA Enlisted Force and Related Matters

August 12, 2022
Shanshan Mei, Dennis J. Blasko, and Roderick Lee
People Win Wars: A 2022 Reality Check on PLA Enlisted Force and Related Matters

Don’t Call It a Gray Zone: China’s Use-of-Force Spectrum

May 9, 2022
Roderick Lee and Shanshan Mei
Don’t Call It a Gray Zone: China’s Use-of-Force Spectrum

To Rule the Invisible Battlefield: The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Chinese Military Power

January 22, 2021
Shanshan Mei
To Rule the Invisible Battlefield: The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Chinese Military Power

People Win Wars: The PLA Enlisted Force, and Other Related Matters

July 31, 2020
Shanshan Mei and Dennis J. Blasko
People Win Wars: The PLA Enlisted Force, and Other Related Matters