Energy security is a key pillar of economic and national security. This ChinaPower feature weighs China’s main energy security vulnerabilities and strengths.
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How Severe Are China’s Food Security Challenges?
Food security is fundamentally important to China’s economic security and social stability. This ChinaPower feature explores key strengths and vulnerabilities of China’s food security.
How Do Financial Risks Threaten China’s Economic Security?
This ChinaPower feature explores four key vulnerabilities and three strengths in China’s financial security. Taken together, they paint a cloudy picture of Beijing’s long-term prospects of becoming a global financial leader.
How Deep Are China-Russia Military Ties?
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has raised concerns about the deep military ties shared between China and Russia. This ChinaPower feature analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of China-Russia military relations, focusing on arms sales and joint military exercises.
Making Sense of China’s Government Budget
Each spring, China releases a government budget report that provides valuable insights into the country’s spending priorities and overall fiscal health. Yet these budgets can be difficult to parse, and the topline figures only tell part of the story. This ChinaPower feature untangles the details behind China’s government budget.
What Does China Really Spend on its Military?
China’s military budget provides insight into its expanding military capabilities. In terms of gauging relative military strength, defense budgets can be compared between countries and over a set period of time to assess overall trends.
China’s Power: Up for Debate 2025
On Tuesday, February 11, 2025, the China Power Project held its ninth annual conference featuring keynote remarks and leading experts debating core issues underpinning China’s power.
How Advanced Is China’s Third Aircraft Carrier?
China launched its third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, on June 17, 2022, and work is underway to prepare the vessel for commissioning into the People’s Liberation Army Navy. This page provides key details about the carrier.