Policy

Why the US Sent a C-17 to a Chinese Air Show Despite Concerns Inside the Pentagon

Despite concerns, the U.S. agreed to showcase a C-17 transport jet at a Chinese air show. By Gordon Lubold and Marcus Weisgerber

Ideas

Here's What Has Been Done To Improve Military Relations With China

Recent progress and cooperation between U.S. and Chinese navies is encouraging. By Vice Adm. Robert Thomas

Ideas

What Congress Can Do To Restore the Balance of Power With China

Congress needs to focus on China and stop relying on the Pentagon and think tanks. By Rep. J. Randy Forbes

Ideas

Straight Talk on the South China Sea

If the U.S. really cares about China’s territorial claims, now is the time to say it. By Vikram Singh and Ely Ratner

Policy

Stung at Home, Obama Embarks on His Longest Foreign Trip

The president will spend 10 days in Asia, where leaders know all about his domestic political weakness. By George Condon Jr.

Threats

NATO's Take on Cyberspace Law Ruffles China's Feathers

There was hope that discussions about international law governing cyberspace might yield progress between the U.S. and China on the matter. Here's why that's naive. By Adam Segal

Threats

China’s Dangerous Game

Does China’s aggression reflect a government growing in power—or one facing a crisis of legitimacy? By Howard W. French

Threats

Why China Doesn't Feel the Need To Back Down in Hong Kong

China’s economy is less dependent on Hong Kong now than ever before. By Gwynn Guilford

Threats

China Wants To Replicate NSA’s Cyber Schools

About 60 Chinese schools are interested in incorporating the NSA’s cyber education program in their curriculums. By Aliya Sternstein

Science & Tech

China Hacks US Military Transport Contractors

A new report outlines serious vulnerabilities in the computer systems of military transport contractors. By Patrick Tucker

Science & Tech

The China-U.S. Hypersonic Arms Race Is Having a Little Trouble

Both Washington and Beijing are trying to develop weapons that are virtually immune to missile defense systems. It's about as difficult as it sounds. By Zach Wener-Fligner

Threats

Will Predictive Policing Make Militarized Police More Dangerous?

The China-fication of the American police force is a cause for concern. By Patrick Tucker

Threats

How China's Enormous Fishing Fleet Is Being Used As a Surrogate Navy

Beijing seems to be sending its fishermen to work in disputed waters for not only economic and commercial reasons, but geopolitical ones as well. By Adam Pasnick

Threats

Why India and China Matter to America's Afghanistan Drawdown Plan

How New Delhi and Beijing plan to cope with an increasingly independent Afghanistan. By Daniel Markey

Ideas

Why the Next 'Great War' Won't Happen on China's Doorstep

Today’s rising China is nothing like the threat that rising Germany posed to Europe in 1914. Here's why. By Michael Hunzeker and Mark Christopher

Threats

U.S., China Begin Strategic Talks on North Korea Nukes

Secretary of State John Kerry is in Beijing Wednesday for yearly bilateral talks on North Korean nuclear threats. By Global Security Newswire

Threats

Pentagon Urged to Focus on ‘Great Power Conflict’ to Save Budget

A panel of experts crunched the numbers on the Pentagon’s ‘least bad’ options for coping with sequester-driven cuts into the next decade. The results will surprise you. By Ben Watson

Threats

China Has a Lot to Lose in Iraq

Beijing is Baghdad’s biggest customer for oil exports. Now, with Iraq on the brink of all-out war, China may have the most to lose. By Lily Kuo

Threats

Hagel Warns China to Back Down

Defense Secretary Hagel promises that the United States 'will not look the other way' if China keeps up 'intimidation and coercion.' By Kevin Baron

Ideas

Gates Defends China’s Cyberspying, Kinda Sorta

Even France spies for foreign economic advantages better than the U.S., reveals Former Defense Secretary Gates an interview with Fareed Zakaria. Courtesy of the Council on Foreign relations