Publications

China Reform Monitor No. 1530

December 9, 2022 Joshua Eisenman

Suspects charged with supplying China with DOD info;
China sells radar system that can detect U.S. satellites;
Locals in Guangzhou protest COVID curbs;
Hong Kong protest song played before rugby match in Korea;
China's elite seeking to emigrate

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 28

December 9, 2022 Kyle Sajoyan

Uncertainty clouds U.S. airpower in Asia;
Australia agrees to U.S. strategic bomber presence;
China trains Pakistani counterterrorism agents as attacks mount;
Rethinking China's Pacific Islands influence;
Tokyo plans SDF restructuring

South Asia Strategy Monitor No. 3

November 29, 2022 Rehna Sheth

Sino-Pakistani ties warm further;
Islamabad, back in the FATF's good graces;
Myanmar's military... and the network that sustains it;
A helping hand for the Taliban;
The troubled Afghanistan-Pakistan border

China Reform Monitor No. 1529

November 29, 2022 Joshua Eisenman

Xi: "Nuclear weapons must not be used";
Germany blocks two Chinese foreign investment deals;
China cancels EU chief's speech in Shanghai;
Island nations want China, India to help pay for climate damage;
Chinese women lose gains: World Economic Forum

Signs of a global democractic revival?

November 20, 2022 Lawrence J. Haas The Hill

These developments provide a timely reminder (after a nearly two-decade-long decline of freedom and democracy around the world) that people who live under, or are threatened by, authoritarian rule will take great risks for freedom — and that those who live in free societies may treasure their freedom more than we realized.

China Reform Monitor No. 1528

November 18, 2022 Joshua Eisenman

China and the Vatican extend secret deal;
Chinese fishing boats try to ram a U.S. Coast Guard vessel;
Samsung employees indicted for passing chip tech to China;
China and Russia advance their partnership "at all levels";
China, Russia deepen satellite navigation cooperation

China Reform Monitor No. 1527

November 15, 2022 Joshua Eisenman

Tiktok used to monitor locations of American citizens;
Xi finishes off the Youth League Faction;
The Netherlands uncovers China's illegal "police stations";
China's operatives repatriating people from the U.S. and Canada;
Ireland closes China's police station in Dublin

China Reform Monitor No. 1526

November 9, 2022 Joshua Eisenman

Former British and Aussie pilots train the PLA air force;
China dumps bad chips on Russia: Moscow;
China blocks Polish defense minister's flight to Korea;
Rare protest banners in Beijing attack Xi;
"Russia is the storm, China is climate change": German spy chief

Can Central Asia Seize the Initiative?

October 30, 2022 S. Frederick Starr The National Interest

The meetings by heads of state in Issyk-Kul and Tashkent earlier this summer showed clearly that America’s abrupt departure from Afghanistan last year and its long-term neglect of Central Asia did not mark the end of history. Quite the contrary.

China Reform Monitor No. 1525

October 18, 2022 Joshua Eisenman

U.S. controls will take China's chip industry "back to the stone age";
Taiwan vows to safeguard chip tech from China;
China's fishing fleet threatens the U.S. and Latin America;
China spreads propaganda in the Solomon Islands;
UN rejects bid to debate on abuses in Xinjiang

China Reform Monitor No. 1524

October 14, 2022 Joshua Eisenman

Facebook closes dozens of Beijing-controlled fake accounts;
Former Justice Minister jailed for life for corruption;
European firms cutting China operations over ideology;
China's space footprint in South America fuels security concerns;
Shanghai unveils $257B in infrastructure projects

China Reform Monitor No. 1523

October 7, 2022 Joshua Eisenman

Taiwan creating a backup internet system in case of invasion;
Former Texas A&M professor pleads guilty;
PLA and Russian naval ships spotted near Alaska;
China's new oil platform in the East China Sea angers Japan;
As COVID lockdowns continue, so do Macau's losses

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 27

October 4, 2022 Kyle Sajoyan

China's influence on the ascent in the South Pacific;
Manila weighs future steps in the shadow of Taiwan;
Suffocating debt imperils Laos' political future;
Canberra, Port Moresby respond to Beijing's encroachment