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Photo Of The Day: PLAN Test Ship 856 with a new AESA active phased array radar
The Chinese Navy PLAN's second Type 909A "weapons integration" test ship was launched at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in March 2006. Initially bearing a hull number (892, later changed to 856 in 2021) …
How a new film imagines a North Korean defector’s life in the gay community
A new South Korean film is winning accolades for its innovative exploration of two of the country’s most marginalized groups — North Korean defectors and the LGTBQ+ community. The debut …
Editor’s Note
Most people probably have heard the proverb about the blind men and the elephant, each describing a very different animal depending on the part of the animal by which they... …
China’s Governance Model and Market Reforms: Insights from the Third Plenum of the 20th Central Committee
The 3rd Plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), held in July 2024, issued a Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of... …
Xi Jinping’s Corruption Quagmire
Introduction In October 2017, Xi Jinping told the delegates to the Nineteenth Party Congress that during the past five years, the Party’s “anti-corruption campaign has built into a crushing tide... …
Kim Jong Un oversees special forces and tank drills to boost ‘war preparations’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a series of military drills aimed at enhancing the country’s ongoing “war preparations” on Tuesday, according to state media, in what appears to …
Post-Pandemic Transformations: Evaluating China’s Climate and Air Quality Situation in the Wake of COVID-19
In 2014, Prime Minister Li Keqiang declared an all-out war on air pollution (Zhang et al, 2021). For the next eight years, the data proclaimed China’s victory. In 2019, the... …
The Significance of the Third Plenum of the Communist Party of China for Central Asian Countries
Vectors of Chinese Economic Policy and Central Asia Traditionally dedicated to economic issues, the Third Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China continues to attract heightened... …
The Long March Toward Chinese “Modernization”
How three recent 3rd plenums have changed China All Communist parties in the world followed the Soviet model of governing — convening national party congresses to select leadership and adopt... …
U.S.-China Trade Deal Defies Expectations
But big questions remain about what happens next.
China’s Economic Officials Are Trying to Speak Like Human Beings
A softer communication approach may have helped the Geneva talks.
In first, UN General Assembly to host meeting on North Korean human rights
The U.N. General Assembly will host a high-level meeting on North Korean human rights for the first time ever next week, providing a rare platform to address Pyongyang’s dismal record …
Putin meets North Korean commanders, and Kim Jong Un’s Victory Day speech
Russian President Vladimir Putin met and embraced the North Korean general leading troops deployed to fight against Ukraine during a military parade in Moscow last week, but Kim Jong Un …
PLAN Orbat Of The Day: 1st Squadron, 19th Frigate Flotilla, Yulin Naval Base, South Sea Fleet
As the PLAN expands, it continues to move ships from one flotilla to another, making tracking PLAN Orbat a rather unenviable task. Thanks to the Chinese Internet, we now have …
How North Korea has clawed back control over the economy by hiking state wages
After decades of symbolic salaries and quiet defections to the private sector, North Korea is attempting its most ambitious economic reset in years. Since late 2023, the government has rolled …
Photo Collection Of The Day: The Very Modern Of A Modern Day PLA Infantry Platoon
Monday, December 23, 2024 "I know Kung Fu" Heavy Pikeman Infantry + Kung Fu flying kick, the PLA is now officially invincible. Monday, November 04, 2024 PLA heavy infantry update …
Don’t Be Fooled: The China-US Trade War Is Here to Stay
The tariffs may be lower, but the structural tensions at the heart of the trade conflict remain unchanged.
U.S. and China Announce Big Tariff Rollback
In a joint statement, the two sides took a step back from the cliff.
Australian warship sets sail to monitor North Korean sanctions evasion at sea
An Australian warship has joined an operation to monitor the illegal shipment of goods to and from North Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to Canberra, as a new …
China’s Thinking on Pahalgam and Operation Sindoor
China’s enduring “all weather” alliance with “iron-clad” friend Pakistan is increasingly at odds with Beijing’s avowed commitment to counterterrorism.
China has come to the table - but this fight is far from over
Beijing can claim its defiance has delivered a battle victory in the trade war.
China has come to the table - but this fight is far from over
Beijing can claim its defiance has delivered a battle victory in the trade war.
Presidential rivals offer conflicting visions for North Korea in policy pledges
South Korea kicked off the official start of campaigning for the upcoming presidential election on Monday, with the two leading contenders outlining how they plan to approach North Korea in …
ROK activists launch leaflets toward North Korea calling for abductees’ return
A South Korean civic group representing families of North Korean abduction victims has launched balloons carrying thousands of leaflets toward the DPRK, after border residents and officials blocked several previous …
How Kim Jong Un’s latest speech justifies North Korean troop dispatch to Russia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may not have attended the mass parade through Moscow’s Red Square on Friday, but he didn’t miss the opportunity to use the anniversary of …