Jamestown China Brief

Vol.12, Issue 20


China Steps Up Rhetoric against U.S. Missile Defense
Chinese officials are becoming increasingly vocal about U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) developments in the Asia-Pacific region as well as the newly elevated U.S. security profile in their region resulting from the U.S....[more]

Beijing Building Influence, Shelving Competition in the South Pacific
The announcement in late August 2012 that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's tour through Asia would begin with a stop in the Cook Islands and coincide with the annual Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting was certainly...[more]

18th Party Congress to Showcase Rising Status of Private Business
The 18th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress is set to highlight the leadership's commitment to boosting the role of the private sector. This is despite the fact that the phenomenon called guojin mintui ...[more]

China's International Right to Speak
As Beijing's reach continues to expand, Chinese analysts are increasingly troubled by the country's weak ability to influence how international issues, especially the rise of China, are framed and evaluated—called the right to...[more]