Capping off a busy year for Chinese cognitive warfare operations in 2025, China’s Eastern Theater Command created a homemade music video compiling
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Zhang Youxia, China’s Most Senior General, Could Be in Trouble
Two of China’s top generals, Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Liu Zhenli (劉振立), apparently did not attend a gathering of all of China’s senior political leaders
Xinjiang Whistleblower Awaits Asylum Decision While Chinese Influencers Work to Discredit Him
When BuzzFeed News published its 2020 expose on the scale and architecture of China’s crackdown on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the report didn’t just touch
Who Are the Churches That China Is Persecuting?
On the night of December 14, over 1,000 police officers surrounded Yayang Church in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. At 3 a.m. they burst into the church “with
How China’s ‘Mega Embassy’ Could Bolster United Front Work in the U.K.
After months of delay, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to finally make a decision on whether to greenlight a new Chinese Embassy at the old
Justice Mission 2025 Propaganda: Chinese Aircraft Were Not Flying Over Pingtung and Taipei 101
During and after the Justice Mission 2025 exercise in December, China released a huge volume of propaganda material. Among the childish cartoons of
The Difference Between Chinese and U.S. Special Forces
The U.S. capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has inspired discussion about the implications for China and Taiwan. Will Beijing feel
Don’t Let Willingness to Fight Polls Mislead You About Taiwan’s Resolve
Russia underestimated Ukraine’s willingness to fight in 2022. This was in part due to public opinion polls that were conducted covertly for Russian
No, Trump Didn’t Say Xi Can Invade Taiwan
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) “considers [Taiwan] to be a part of China, and that’s up to him what he’s
China May Not Have Built Its Last Conventional Aircraft Carrier
Across the backend of 2025, two parallel tracks of rumors about aircraft carriers ran through Chinese-language military watchers on social media. The
Taiwan Invasion Would Bring Severe Economic Pain for China
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, China has doubled down on an economic strategy that prioritizes high-tech manufacturing and export dominance. Investment
Venezuela-Style Decapitation Strike Won’t Work on Taiwan
Beijing says it is “gravely concerned.” Just before midnight on Friday, President Donald Trump gave the greenlight for “Operation Absolute Resolve”