Professor Teresa Wright looks at how, when, and why Chinese individuals and groups have engaged in protests and how the targets of their complaints have responded; thus shedding light on the stability of China’s existing political system and its likely future trajectory.
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Increasing Military Spending
May 6, 2021
Global military expenditure rose 2.6% last year. The U.S. and China outspend the rest of the world.
USCI’s Collection of Military Affairs Materials
May 3, 2021
Drawn from a variety of government sources, the collection focuses on strategic and security issues.
U.S. and China on the Battlefield
September 10, 2020
The U.S. Department of Defense has just released information on Chinese military efforts. We've drawn on it and information from other sources to offer this comparison of American and Chinese military resources.
U.S. State Department, The PRC’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy, March 12, 2020
March 12, 2020
This is a transcript of a background press briefing done at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. The briefing comes amidst heightened tensions in the U.S.-China relationship.
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Chinese Accused of Equifax Hack, Feb. 10, 2020
February 10, 2020
The U.S. Attorney General announced the indictment of four members of the People’s Liberation Army for the 2017 cybertheft of the personal data of millions of people from Equifax, a crediting reporting agency. Included here are his remarks, a press statement about the indictment and a link to the charging document.
Ronald Reagan, Arms Sales to Taiwan, August 17, 1982
October 22, 2019
President Reagan sent this memo to Secretary of State George Shultz and Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger. The document was classified as secret. It was made public in August 2019 by then National Security Advisor John Bolton.
U.S. Dept. of Defense, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2019
May 2, 2019
Congress has mandated that the U.S. Department of Defense prepare and release an annual report on China's military power.
Video: Pedro Loureiro on U.S. Naval Intelligence Assessments Of Prewar China And Japan
November 14, 2018
Pedro Loureiro provides an overview on his digital collection of primary sources highlighting the significant role played by Shanghai in support of the US Navy’s Intelligence process in pre-WWII Asia. This is the first in a lecture series titled "Los Angeles and Shanghai: The USC Nexus," co-organized by the USC East Asian Library and USC US-China Institute.
A Time of Uncertainty in US-Taiwan-China Relations
September 10, 2018
The Grassroots Diplomacy Council and the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a symposium on the relationships of Taiwan, China, and the United States.
U.S. Department of Defense, Military and Security Developments involving the People’s Republic of China, 2018
May 16, 2018
This is the 2018 Department of Defense’s report to Congress on China's capabilities.
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July 20, 2021
Protest and resistance in China continues. We look at causes and consequences.