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China Policy Monitor No. 1652

November 10, 2025 Joshua Eisenman

Defunding RFA and VOA creates information void in Tibet;
Three PRC nationals arrested in Tbilisi for trying to buy uranium...;
...And three others busted for smuggling biological materials;
Chinese-made buses can be stopped remotely - Norway;
Xi commissions China's first supercarrier

Vladimir Putin’s Nuclear Threats Are Getting Old

November 4, 2025 Thomas Kent The National Interest

For decades, the Kremlin has sought to intimidate foreign powers by threatening to use nuclear weapons. In the current Ukraine war, nuclear threats have been a key way by which Russia’s government has sought to restrain Western aid to Kyiv. The efficacy of Moscow’s nuclear brinksmanship, however, seems to be waning.

China Policy Monitor No. 1651

November 4, 2025 Joshua Eisenman

China's ambitious new AI+ plan;
One Chinese firm aims to expand autonomous van fleet...;
...While another debuts humanoid child;
Economic troubles persist;
Beijing urges vigilance against "irrational competition"