China Outlook 2025: Crises Set to Worsen for Xi and the CCP
Our China 2025 outlook contains 32 predictions covering eight categories.
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Risk Watch: Chinese Regulators Take Over Anbang, Prosecute Chairman Wu Xiaohui
◎ The prosecution of Wu Xiaohui is a classic “kill chickens to scare monkeys” move by the Xi administration.

China’s Five Strategies for Economic Expansion in the Digital Age
◎ The CCP appears to be simultaneously resolving China’s currency oversupply issue and seeking leadership in the digital currency while threatening the dollar’s dominance through five strategies.

Why Trump Security Team Sees a Nationalized 5G Network as Counter to China
◎ China’s response to America’s 5G push underscores the worries expressed in the leaked documents.

Risk Watch: Why 21 Chinese Provinces Cut Growth Estimates in 2018
◎ Twenty-one provinces are projecting lower growth as compared to their real GDP growth for 2017.

Why China’s Vice Presidency is an Office to Watch
◎ The vice presidency has emerged as a focal point in an intense factional struggle (neidou) in the upper echelons of the Chinese Communist Party.

Wang Qishan’s Second Act: US-China Relations
◎ Xi Jinping could bring back trusted ally and seasoned troubleshooter Wang Qishan ahead of schedule to help even the odds.

Trump’s National Security Strategy a Timely Counter to China’s Expansionism
◎ Trump’s NSS correctly identifies the challenge posed by “competitor” China to America’s domestic security and global influence.

China in 2018: Seven Points to Watch
◎ There is a rising probability that China will face charging gray rhinos and encounter black swans in 2018.

Behind Trump and Xi’s ‘Great Chemistry’
◎ When talking about China, President Donald Trump usually brings up his cordial friendship with Xi Jinping.