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1. Political

• Trump, China, and Declining US Influence in Asia – The Diplomat
• Cronyism and Failed Promotions: Xi’s PLA Purge | RealClearDefense
• China Ousts Top Military Officials as Xi Widens Graft Purge - Bloomberg
• Purges, personnel, and policy: a primer on China’s Fourth Plenum | Brookings
• Trump Versus Xi: A Blow-by-Blow Analysis Of The US–China Trade War | ZeroHedge

2. Economic

• Why the China Doves Are Wrong - WSJ
• Trump Versus Xi: A Blow-by-Blow Analysis Of The US–China Trade War | ZeroHedge

3A. Military--Land

• New Emphases in the PLA’s Operational Centers of Gravity | RealClearDefense
• China Ousts Top Military Officials as Xi Widens Graft Purge - Bloomberg

3D. Military--Technology

• China Seeks to Dominate Space in Era of ‘Unmanaged Competition’
• China Expands Missile Forces in Tibetan Plateau | RealClearDefense

5. Strategy

• LEO Wars: China's Orbital Challenge to the U.S.-Led Digital Order | RealClearDefense 
• The China Threat Is Worse Than You Can Imagine | RealClearDefense 
• The PLA Outlook on Urban Warfare ISW April 2022
• China - China’s Forever War - What If a Taiwan Invasion Fails (2024)
• China - China's Indo-Pacific Strategy (2019)
• China’s Common Destiny Is America’s Uncommon Challenge | Hudson Institute
• Key Strategic Forces Takeaways from the 2024 China Military Power Report | Hudson Institute
• China plans to blow Starlink out of the sky in a Taiwan war - Asia Times
• ITOW: The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era > Air University (AU) > China Aerospace Studies Institute (af.edu)
• Know Your Rival, Know Yourself: Rightsizing the China Challenge (foreignaffairs.com)
• Will China go to war with Trump? - UnHerd
• The Great Leap South: China’s Ambitions in the Middle East and Africa | Hudson Institute
• Russian and Chinese Interests and Influence in the Indo-Pacific | RealClearDefense
• China’s Use of Armed Coercion: To Win Without Fighting | RealClearDefense
• China is rehearsing for war, Indo-Pacific commander says - Defense One
• China Isn’t Likely To Move On Taiwan in 2025 | RealClearDefense
• Cook Islands’ China Shock: A ‘Frog in the Pot’ Moment for Pacific Security  – The Diplomat
• Chiang Kai-Shek and FDR – China's Destiny | RealClearDefense
• China Could Build an "Island Chain" Around America - The National Interest
• China's War Plans | RealClearDefense
• China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI) in Focus - MP-IDSA
• The Will and the Power: China’s Plan to Undermine Pax Americana - The National Interest
• China Is Mapping the Seabed to Unlock a New Edge in Warfare | RealClearDefense
• Xi Jinping Thought and Implications for the Indo-Pacific | RealClearDefense
• China Isn’t Afraid of Trump – It Spies an American Cultural Revolution | RealClearDefense
• The Real Meaning Behind China’s Live-Fire Drills | RealClearDefense
• China Top Priority in Trump NATSEC Strategy, Says Panel - USNI News
• To Counter China in Southeast Asia, Take Indonesia Seriously - WSJ
• China Will Struggle to Survive a Protracted Battle with the US and the West | Hudson Institute
• Could China's U.S. Spies Conduct Physical Sabotage in a Conflict? | RAND
• Ending the China Paradox - The American Conservative
• China - China's Ambitions
• China - Preparing for a Long War With China (2024)
• China - Understanding China's Gray Zone Tactics (2022)
• China - Russia and China Look at the Future of War
• China - Learning Warfare from the Laboratory ISW September 2021 Report.
• China - Factors Shaping China’s Use of Force against Taiwan (2021)
• All - U.S.-China Great-Power Politics and Strategic Ambiguities in Indo-Pacific Security (2023)
• China - Grey Zone Maritime RAND_RRA2954-1
• China - Explaining China’s Evolving Strategy in SCS Disputes (2024)
• China - China's Alternative World Order (2024)
• China - Is Beijing’s Long Game on Taiwan About to End (2023)
• China - China's America Policy (2023)
• China - Beyond China's Black Box (2024)
• China - Articulate a Comprehensive China Strategy (2025)
• China - Implications of a Coercive Quarantine of Taiwan by the People's Republic of China (2022).
• China - Understanding China's Gray Zone Tactics.
• United States and China - Why America and China Will Be Enduring Rivals (2024).
• China - China, Still Main Target, Holds Trade-War Arsenal (WSJ 2025)
• The Expansion of China's Military Space and Counterspace Capabilities and Implications for Space as a Contested Domain | RAND
• Could China's U.S. Spies Conduct Physical Sabotage in a Conflict? | RAND
• China’s silent siege of the UN: how its NGO army hijacked and outsmarted a West obsessed with Russia - Brussels Signal
• US General Details China Military Plans to Defeat US in Taiwan War - Newsweek
• Is Bangladesh Eyeing India’s Northeast? An Emerging Security Dilemma - MP-IDSA
• China’s Geopolitical Dominance Game in the South China Sea | RealClearDefense
• China’s surveillance strategy uses Latin America as a base
• How China co-opted the green movement - UnHerd
• Responding to China's and Russia's Nuclear Escalation | RealClearDefense
• Maritime Rights and National Security: China’s Evolving Security Discourse – The Diplomat
• Air Force think tank warns Chinese space attacks are difficult to deter - Washington Times  
• All Minerals are Local: China’s Man in Lima | RealClearDefense
• What Happens When You Let the PRC Get Away with the South China Sea Grabs
• Why China Would Struggle to Invade Taiwan
• Ukraine’s Drone Attack Offers Fearful Lessons for a Chinese Invasion Force | RealClearDefense
• The Chinese Bio Warfare Attack On The United States Continues
• The China Challenge in Critical Minerals: The Case for Asymmetric Resilience – The Diplomat
• China struggling with military reforms needed in time for Taiwan action - Washington Times
• The Challenges of China's Supply Chain Dominance: Posturing the Defense Industrial Base
• Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific Show Country's 'Expansionist' Aims, Taiwan Says
• Three reasons why China can't afford to invade Taiwan | Responsible Statecraft
• FBI gives Congress intel on alleged Chinese plot to create fake mail-in ballots in 2020 | Just The News
• China Caught Playing With Bioweapons Again - Chronicles
• Xi Jinping's Iran Dilemma - The National Interest
• Why China's sitting on the Iran war sidelines - Asia Times
• No Safe Harbor: Evaluating the Risk of China's Port Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
• China analyst: B-2 raid to surge Chinese military intelligence collection on U.S. bombers - Washington Times
• Losing the Long Game: China Advances As U.S. Refocuses on the Middle East | RealClearDefense
• Xi Has Spent Decades Preparing for a Cold War With the U.S. - WSJ
• China wants to invade Siberia, not Taiwan
• Beijing’s Push for a Sino-Centric Asia is Cracking Southeast Asia’s Hedging Game – War on the Rocks
• Kurt Campbell on China Strategy and Diplomacy | Pekingology | CSIS Podcasts
• Maritime Militia: China’s Hybrid War Strategy in the Indian Ocean ━ The European Conservative
• What China really wants for Russia and Ukraine
• To Put Iran on Ice, the U.S. Must Freeze Out China | RealClearDefense
• Going Soft on China Could Be a Hard Lesson | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
• Lights Out? Wargaming a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan
• America's Counterattack on China’s Growing Influence in the Pacific Islands | RealClearDefense
• “Lights Out? Wargaming a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan”: Audio Brief with Mark F. Cancian | Audio Briefs | CSIS Podcasts
• China’s North Korea Problem | Foreign Affairs
• Dangerous Delusion: Why Pivoting to China Is a Huge Mistake for Canada - National Security Journal
• Inside Taiwan’s Fight Against Beijing’s Silent Invasion | The Epoch Times
• China's growing nuclear arsenal | Reuters
• China’s North Korea Problem | Foreign Affairs
• America's Counterattack on China’s Growing Influence in the Pacific Islands | RealClearDefense
• Addressing China’s Military Expansion in West Africa and Beyond | RealClearDefense
• Why Does China Buy US Farmland? - The National Interest
• The Real Reason China Hasn't Invaded Taiwan - National Security Journal
• China's 'Unforced Error' in the South China Sea Could Spark a War - National Security Journal
• Guns of September: What a Parade May Reveal About China’s Military Modernization - Jamestown
• China’s Pushback Against the Philippines’ Maritime Strategy: The Limits of Transparency – The Diplomat
• Countering Chinese Aggression with Irregular Warfare | RealClearDefense
• Modi’s tactical tango with Beijing and Moscow - Asia Times
• The Greatest Danger in the Taiwan Strait | Foreign Affairs
• A U.S.-China War over Taiwan: Who Wins? - National Security Journal 
• Iran’s Perilous Path Back to Power: Tehran Has Few Options, but the Best One Depends on China   
• The Limits of Rapprochement Between India and China  
• China and Russia conduct joint sub patrols — should America worry?    
• Is the U.S. Really Losing to China in Southeast Asia? | RealClearDefense 
• The Pentagon’s Missing China Strategy | Foreign Affairs 
•  Countering China at Sea: Inside America’s Cook Islands Play - National Security Journal
• How Russia is Helping China Prepare to Seize Taiwan | Royal United Services Institute   
• China-Russia partnership is less than meets the eye - Asia Times  
• China Goes on Offense: Beijing’s Plans to Exploit American Retreat    
• China’s Closing Window: Strategic Compression and the Risk of Crisis - Foreign Policy Research Institute
• Trump is fighting a historic clash of civilizations against China — here's how to win it 
• China and Iran After the 12-Day War | RealClearDefense 
• Chinese Cutters Ram Philippine Fishery Vessels in Spratly Islands - USNI News
• How Is Russia Overwhelming Ukraine With Drones? The Answer Is China - National Security Journal
• Experts: US Needs Interagency Approach to Beat China in Cislunar 
• China’s Coming Small Wars | Center for International Maritime Security
• Why China and Russia Aren’t Scared of the US | American Enterprise Institute - AEI 
• China’s De-Americanization Strategy – The Diplomat
• Beijing’s New Approach to Taiwan | RealClearDefense
• The Pacific Islands Challenge | Foreign Affairs 
• “Will China bury us?,” by Andrew Roberts 
• China says it doesn’t interfere. The war next door suggests otherwise. 
• China’s Rising Influence in the Western Balkans and How the West Should Respond | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
• The Folly of India’s Illiberal Hegemony: China Gains From New Delhi’s Support for South Asian Autocrats 
• Americans Must Counter China’s Coercion | RealClearDefense                                                             

6. Grand Strategy

• China and North Korea - Grappling with Great-Power Competition - China Bandwagons with North Korea (2024)
• Guns for Hire: Private Security and Mercenary Industries in China and Russia | RealClearDefense
• Strangers on a Seabed: Sino-Russian Collaboration on Undersea Cable Sabotage Operations | RealClearDefense
• Crouching Panda, Hidden Dragon: Contesting Chinese Subversion in the Middle East and Central Asia | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
• China Moves to Exploit Transatlantic Turmoil - CEPA
• Autonomous Battlefield: PLA Lessons from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | RealClearDefense
• Is It August 1941 Again? If So Is There A Chinese Operation Z In The Works? (substack.com)
• China's Private Security Personnel in Pakistan: Implications for Regional Stability - MP-IDSA
• China - The Next Flashpoint - China, the Republic of Korea, and the South China Sea (2023).
• China - China’s Forever War - What If a Taiwan Invasion Fails (2024).
• United States and China - Why America and China Will Be Enduring Rivals (2024).
• China - China's Northern Theater Command and Korea (2024)
• China Learns Valuable Lessons About War With America: Analysts
• China Insider | China–Holy See Relations, UN Resolution 2758, and China’s Role in Kashmir | Hudson Institute
• Political Discourse, Debate, and Decisionmaking in the Chinese Communist Party | RAND
• Taipei in Four Days | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
• The Beiping Model: How China Could Absorb Taiwan Without a War | RealClearDefense
• China Is Trapped in the South China Sea 'Gray Zone' - 19FortyFive
• White Paper Offers Chinese Wisdom at the Crossroads of History | RealClearDefense
• Why China Would Struggle to Invade Taiwan
• What the giddy reaction to Ukraine's surprise attacks says about us | Responsible Statecraft
• Ep 206: Cleo Paskal on China’s Central Pacific Strategy | Nebulous
• Xi Jinping’s Costly Inheritance: How His Father’s Travails Defined China’s Leader—and the Country He Rules
• Book Review: "Upstart" by Oriana Skylar Mastro and "Should the World Fear China?" by Zhou Bo | Foreign Affairs
• Decoding Xi’s China: The Return of Pekingology | RealClearDefense
• Charm and Coercion Shape China’s Expanding Security Footprint in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat
• Thucydides trap averted: China speed, dodgy data and the Houthis - Asia Times
• Does China Really Pose an Existential Threat to America? | RealClearDefense
• The 3 Big Lies Xi Will Try To Sell Trump About Taiwan | The Heritage Foundation
• Examining China’s Military Evolution, Organization, and Strategic Ambitions | Hudson Institute
• The Real China Model: Beijing’s Enduring Formula for Wealth and Power
• China's growing nuclear arsenal | Reuters
• Facing China on two fronts, the US needs strategic focus | The Strategist
• Russia-China Relations in Central Asia - CEPA
• Mahan, Mackinder, and the New ‘Problem of Asia’ - Providence
• Examining China’s Military Evolution, Organization, and Strategic Ambitions | Hudson Institute
• Facing China on two fronts, the US needs strategic focus | The Strategist
• Examining China’s Military Evolution, Organization, and Strategic Ambitions | Hudson Institute
• Lights Out? Wargaming a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan
• The Real China Model: Beijing’s Enduring Formula for Wealth and Power
• China, Japan, and Shifting Narratives of War – The Diplomat
• The China-Russia-North Korea Alliance That Needs No Name | RealClearDefense
• PRC Conceptions of Comprehensive National Power | RealClearDefense
• A Sobering Prophecy About the Rise of China – Modern Age
• China's grand global plan on full display at SCO Summit - Asia Times
• Countering the People’s Republic of China’s Maritime Insurgency in the South Pacific | Center for International Maritime Security
• Putin, Xi, and the mistaken quest for immortality | Andy Owen » IAI TV
• Why the U.S. Cannot Ignore China-Russia Eurasian Designs | RealClearDefense   
• What China Wants With Global Governance – The Diplomat      
• Don’t Overestimate the Autocratic Alliance | Foreign Affairs 
• China Hardens Military Stance Against U.S. With Nuclear Weapons and Tough Talk - WSJ    
• America’s policy of ‘containing’ China is on the brink - Brussels Signal  
• What China Doesn’t Want | Foreign Affairs          
• Fertility Decline in China and Its National Military, Structural, and Regime Security: China Population Research | RAND     
• China’s scramble for Africa - spiked        
• How US Should Respond after China Rejects Trump Nuclear Talks, Shows Off New Weapons at Parade | Hudson Institute
• China’s Motivation to Keep the Russia-Ukraine War Going    
• Chivvis_Alliances_report-2025.pdf  
• Can anything knock China off its mountain? - by Noah Smith 
• The First 48 Hours of a War With China 'Could Be Ugly' - National Security Journal   
• Stabilizing the U.S.-China Rivalry | RAND 
• U.S., China, and the Middle East Redraw the Map As Russia Falters | RealClearDefense  
• China–India Rapprochement and Its Strategic Implications for Afghanistan | Geopolitical Monitor
• The Fourth Pillar of Xi’s Global Vision | RealClearDefense 
• How China’s Coming 15th Five-Year Plan Will Reshape Military Innovation – The Diplomat    
• Toward a Taiwan Truce | Foreign Affairs
• The U.S. Is on Track to Lose a War With China 
• Why China’s “Taiwan Reunification” Shibboleth Is a Hoax | Hudson Institute   
• The West Needs To Draw the Line on Russian, Chinese Grey-Zone Provocations | RealClearDefense  
• China Is Building the Future        
• The United States Needs a Global War Plan for China | Proceedings - November 2025 Vol. 151/11/1,473  
• China's Seven Fears When it Comes to America | Hudson Institute  
• The Right Fight in the Wrong Frontier | RealClearDefense
• How War in Taiwan Ends | Foreign Affairs
• Why Officially Opposing Taiwan’s Independence Would Increase Risks of War - The National Interest   
• Control the Hemisphere, Contain China: Inside America’s Two-Front Strategy - National Security Journal   
• Rethinking China - Geopolitical Futures