The China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor (CMREC), first proposed by Xi Jinping in September 2014, is one of six flagship economic corridors under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The corridor aims...

This final episode in NBR’s Borderlands miniseries explores ways in which China uses cultural endeavors to pull its Borderlands neighbors into its orbit. Positioning China’s civilization as the core o...

China’s borderland with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) must contend with balancing regional integration with regional security. In the wider context of China’s Northe...

More than three years ago, on June 1, 2023, a notice from China’s General Administration of Customs took effect that most of the world scarcely noticed. Vladivostok—Russia’s great Pacific port and the...

This ninth episode in NBR’s Borderlands miniseries unpacks how the concept of “comprehensive national security” has been shaping China’s new security posture in its borderland regions. Understanding t...

This eighth episode of the Borderlands podcast miniseries explores one of the most visible manifestations of China’s growing engagement with its neighbors—infrastructure development—and considers whet...

The highly anticipated summit in Beijing showcased how China today is more willing than ever to directly challenge the United States.

Chinese ambassador warns home minister against government participation in upcoming Tibetan leadership ceremony; says Beijing has noted pro-Taiwan activity in Kathmandu.

This seventh episode of the podcast series Documenting China’s Borderlands describes China’s position as a “hydro-hegemon,” considers how transboundary rivers can be used either as sources of transbor...

Chinese vessels are mapping the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say would be crucial for waging subm...

On a windswept plain near Quva in Uzbekistan’s Fergana Valley, a joint team of Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists carefully brushed soil from a set of ancient walls, revealing the outline of a long-forg...

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Since 2016, China has been building or refurbishing hundreds of so-called xiaokang (well-off) villages along its borderlands, complete with new infrastructure and an increased security presence. Some ...

Australia was committed to returning a key northern port leased for 99 years to a Chinese company to Australian ownership, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday after Beijing's envoy to Ca...

Astana brings criminal charges only after Beijing complains.

Over the past two decades, economic sanctions have emerged as a central instrument in the foreign policy toolkit of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As the most valuable export destination for ma...

Alors qu'Emmanuel Macron tentait de défendre les intérêts de l'UE en Chine début décembre, K. Starmer et F. Merz lui emboîteront le pas en 2026. Que pèsent ces pays face à la 2ème puissance mondiale ?...

Stepping onto the Laos-China Railway (LCR) in Luang Prabang, the picturesque former royal capital in Northern Laos, brings a rush of aesthetic familiarity to anyone who has ridden the high-speed rail ...

Since 2016, China has been building or refurbishing hundreds of so-called xiaokang (well-off) villages along its borderlands, complete with new infrastructure and an increased security presence. Some ...

The Mekong Basin—spanning China upstream and Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam downstream—fits squarely within the “strategic frontier” concept. Nadège Rolland defines a strategic frontie...

Over the past two decades, economic sanctions have emerged as a central instrument in the foreign policy toolkit of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As the most valuable export destination for ma...

Since the early 1990s, China’s borderlands have played a crucial role in the central government’s “opening-up” program. However, starting in the mid-2010s, at the same time as the Belt and Road Initia...

Liu takes over the role from Liu Jianchao, who was reportedly detained earlier this year after returning from Algeria.

From the National Bureau of Asian Research, an Asia Insight miniseries exploring the geostrategic significance of China’s borderlands, led by Nadège Rolland, Distinguished Fellow for China Studies at ...

From the National Bureau of Asian Research, an Asia Insight miniseries exploring the geostrategic significance of China’s borderlands, led by Nadège Rolland, Distinguished Fellow for China Studies at ...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) faces a mounting challenge from transnational organized crime along its southern periphery. Myanmar has become the world’s most criminalized state, particularly af...

Podcast Episode · School of War · 09/09/2025 · 48m

La parade militaire, qui clôture une intense séquence diplomatique, a été l’occasion d’une inédite démonstration de force de Xi Jinping et de l’Armée populaire de libération, à destination de ses vois...

The People’s Republic of China’s national territory today is roughly equivalent to that of the Qing empire—with the notable exceptions of outer Mongolia, Taiwan, and portions of Siberia. Two hundred y...

A banned Tibetan novel, now published in English, recounts the devastation of Mao's campaigns in the wake of the Amdo Rebellion of 1958.

Leaders of China, North Korea and Russia met for the first time in one place on Wednesday as Beijing staged an elaborate parade to mark the end of WWII.

Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have been caught on a hot mic talking about the potential of medicine to extend human life spans and "perhaps even achieve immortality".