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U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks before the start of a meeting with leaders from the Department of Defense in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Biden spoke on a range of topics including his new appointments to the heads U.S. Military branches and his hope that the military reflects the population of the United States. Biden was joined by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (fourth from left) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley (R).
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Cooperate, Compete, Confront, or Conflict: Comparing the China Components of the National Security Strategies of the Trump and Biden Administrations

In his most recent paper, Lyle J. Morris compares and contrasts the approach to China employed by the NSS and NDS of the Trump and Biden administrations.
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Aerospace Engineers to Communist Party Leaders: The Rise of Military-Industrial Technocrats at China’s 20th Party Congress

Guoguang Wu writes about the emergence of military-industrial technocrats among China's top leaders and what it means for the country's future.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi talk before a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 9, 2022.
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How Antony Blinken’s Visit Can Bring Some Stability to Volatile U.S.-China Relations

Bates Gill and Evan Medeiros write in South China Morning Post about how the visit by U.S. Secretary Anthony Blinken to China can bring stability to the relationship between the two countries.
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China’s Missing COVID-19 Data

Johanna Costigan and Jin Ye have written about Beijing's decision to reverse its zero COVID-policy and the lack of data in The Diplomat.
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China's Political-Economy, Foreign and Security Policy: 2023

New ASPI issue paper on China's Political-Economy, Foreign and Security Policy in 2023.
Baby Crawling Race In Shanghai
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The Last Generation: Why China’s Youth Are Deciding Against Having Children

In his third paper of The 19 Percent paper series, Barclay Bram traces the reasons and repercussions behind Chinese individuals' reluctance to become parents.

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