Strategic Narratives

The latest, most vital news on China's economy and its business and political relationship with the world

Researching the Communist Party of China is my day job. Here I write long reads on international politics, ancient history, and American conservatism.

Finance professor at Peking University and Senior Fellow at Carnegie-Tsinghua Center

The Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) is Europe’s leading think tank on China, shaping public and expert debates about China.

All the latest news and insights on British-Chinese relations, and China’s evolving posture on the world stage

Exclusive reporting, analysis and opinion from inside the Washington, DC foreign policy making machine by Yours Truly, Josh Rogin

Inside the European policy debate on China

Decision points at the heart of technology, geopolitics, and U.S.-China relations.

SOAPBOX provides insights on EU-China trade. The weekly newsletter, compiled by Rafael Jimenez Buendía and Ilaria Perla, is published in collaboration with the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS).

Researcher. Entrepreneur. Policymaker. Non-profit. Citizen | Internet. Infrastructure. Technology. Policy. Geopolitics. Other musings | Bay Area. Hong Kong. Asia. Global

Commentary on modern Chinese law (mostly PRC) and related topics

Regular translations from the gamut of PRC thinking

Explaining international politics, and especially the fight between autocrats and democrats in the world today.

Notes on the new nuclear age. By Ankit Panda.

This blog primarily offers a breakdown of the weekday editions of the People's Daily.

HRIC Weekly Brief: Stay informed on the latest human rights developments in China, supporting activists and fostering global understanding.

international politics and daily life

States of Play is a podcast and newsletter dedicated to understanding the changing world of geopolitics, technology, defence, and culture

Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor. Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs. Johns Hopkins University.

Deep coverage of technology, China, US policy, and war. We feature original analysis alongside interviews with leading thinkers and policymakers.

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An occasional private mail for friends and family, which often includes reading recommendations and other things that catch my eye, along with my own writing.

Technology, politics, supply chains, chips, AI, economics, history. And whatever else is on my mind.

follow the PRC policy pulse

Dispatches from the fringes of the information war

Jamestown provides primary-source analysis on global developments of strategic importance to the United States and its allies. We primarily cover Russia, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

Economics and other interesting stuff

高级汉语读物

A weekly collection of articles and reports about the activities of the Chinese Communist Party.

Southeast Asia and Indo-Pacific geopolitics and geoeconomics analyzed twice-weekly by a bestselling regional publication. Join practitioners and scholars across 130 countries and 6 continents in getting smarter faster on the world’s most dynamic region.

Commentary on key events affecting Canadian and global security and intelligence

Explorations of the China Comms world. Deep dives, essays, profiles and quick takes about Chinese state media, from someone who used to write it.

Politics and culture as though they mattered.

First-hand research materials on CCP's disinformation campaign and global interference operations.

The Australia-China deep dive

Writing that excavates the social scaffolding.