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The Z-Machine, part of the pulsed power program at Sandia Labs in New Mexico

China’s Hidden Quest to Win in Pulsed Power Fusion

Jimmy Goodrich

Policy Brief / January 14, 2026

Chinese soldiers with the People's Liberation Army, Mongolia 2015.

Back to the Future: The Rise of Militarization in China in the 2020s

Tai Ming Cheung

Policy Brief / May 19, 2025

Local businesses on the streets of Shanghai, China

Between Two Economic Traps: Did China Peak in 2021?

Keun Lee

Policy Brief / May 31, 2024

Students from the South China University of Technology participate in a Summer Workshop at the University of Houston

Innovation in China: Domestic Efforts and Global Integration

Cong Cao

Policy Brief / May 30, 2024

Artificial Intelligence

China’s AI Development Model in an Era of Technological Deglobalization

Rebecca Arcesati

Policy Brief / May 02, 2024

Highly educated blue-collar workers produce LED products at a high-tech enterprise in Jiujiang, China.

China’s Endless Frontier: “Organized Scientific Research” and the Quest for Technological Self-Reliance

Michael Laha

Policy Brief / April 30, 2024

The Accelerator State: Small Firms Join the Fray of China’s Techno-Industrial Drive

Alexander Brown

Policy Brief / April 29, 2024

18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

The Communist Party’s Steering of China’s Science, Technology, and Innovation System: Aspirations and Reality

Anna L. Ahlers

Policy Brief / April 05, 2024

Huawei signage

Huawei is Quietly Dominating China’s Semiconductor Supply Chain

Antonia Hmaidi

Policy Brief / April 05, 2024

President of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Xi Jinping at Fifth BRICS Summit in Durban

(Re)Centralization: How China is Balancing Central and Local Power in Science, Technology, and Innovation

Siwen Xiao and Yaosheng Xu

Policy Brief / March 25, 2024

Shenzhen Meridian View Centre Observatory, Shenzhen, China

Guangdong’s New R&D Institutes: China’s Regional Tool for Innovation and Technology Transfer

Marcus Conlé

Policy Brief / March 21, 2024

An array of motherboard circuitry

Decoding China’s Technology and Industrial Policy: Seven Terms You Need to Know

Barry Naughton, Siwen Xiao, et al

Policy Brief / March 20, 2024

Close-up photo of a microchip being added to a circuit board. The microchip bears the image of the Chinese flag.

Whole-of-Nation Innovation: Does China’s Socialist System Give it an Edge in Science and Technology?

Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau

Policy Brief / February 29, 2024

Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (LQCD) cluster at Fermilab’s Grid Computing Center.

The Quantum Race: U.S.-Chinese Competition for Leadership in Quantum Technologies

Juljan Krause

Policy Brief / February 28, 2024

Chinese flag flying in foreground. High-rise buildings in background.

How Government Intervention is Transforming China’s Industrial Economy

Barry Naughton

Policy Brief / February 27, 2024

Hydroelectric dam, Holyoke Gas and Electric

Climate Change and the Political Economy of Hydropower Disruption

Johnathan Guy, Ishana Ratan, Anthony Calacino

Policy Brief / December 04, 2023

National People’s Congress (NPC) in March 2023.

National Strategic Integration: How China Is Building Its Strategic Power

Tai Ming Cheung

Policy Brief / October 26, 2023

A military vessel in the ocean.

Security at Sea: A Turning Point in Maritime

Scott Tait

Policy Brief / June 14, 2023