Understanding the PRC as a Regional and Global Actor.

China Studies Program

For over two decades, CNA has been analyzing security developments related to the People’s Republic of China. Today, U.S. national security and policy decisions benefit from the insights of CNA China analysts with deep context, language skills, and experience working, living or studying in the Mandarin speaking world. Their analyses span PRC military affairs, foreign policy, economic statecraft, technological developments, and strategic communications, among others.

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China-Russia Space Cooperation: Implications of a Growing Relationship

PRC Writings on Strategic Deterrence

Intersections: Technology, National Security, and US-China Strategic Competition

Propaganda, Disinformation, & Other Influence Efforts

Insights on the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

CNA China Studies analysts probe what the party congress means for the Chinese military, foreign policy and sensitive technologies.

PRC Spy Balloon Reveals New Arena of Strategic Competition

High-altitude spy balloons may fill a gap in China’s strategic surveillance capabilities.

How China Might Use High-Altitude Balloons in Wartime

PLA authors have written about a “new battlefield” in near space, where high-altitude balloons operate.

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PLA Update

PLA Update is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

The PLA and Intelligent Warfare: A Preliminary Analysis

This paper explores the People's Liberation Army's concept of intelligent warfare, according to articles by writers from the People’s Republic of China.

The PLA's New Joint Doctrine

More than five years into an unprecedented series of reorganizations and systemic reforms, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is now armed with new joint doctrine.

The China and Indo-Pacific Economic Statecraft Initiative

CNA’s China experts track and analyze China’s efforts to use economic resources to exert influence overseas in pursuit of its national objectives.

Testimony on China’s space and missile capabilities

Kevin Pollpeter, a CNA expert on China’s space program, testified before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission that “despite far-reaching US export control restrictions on space and missile technologies, the PRC has become a world leader” in space and missile technologies.