Sinical China

PLA's Drill Around Taiwan, Explained

On December 29, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) staged a Taiwan-encircling military exercise codenamed “Justice Mission 2025.” It was the…

Dec 30, 2025 • Xu Zeyu, Zhai Xiang, and Tan Yixiao

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China's Official Media Rebukes Han-Centric Historical Narratives

A viral online discouse blaming Qing Dynasty for China's contemporary woes prompts official excoriation

Dec 20, 2025 • Xu Zeyu and Tian Zijun

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Ryukyu Question: A Sovereignty Issue Deferred

As encounters between Chinese and Japanese military aircraft on the high seas near Okinawa emerged as the real-life reflection of the two countries…

Dec 13, 2025 • Zhai Xiang and Xu Zeyu

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The West Is Making Trade Political: Views From Lu Di

By accusing China of “making trade impossible”

Dec 12, 2025 • Tian Zijun, Jiang Jiang, and Xu Zeyu

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November 2025

Off the Plan: China’s Housing Paradigm Shift in New Five-Year Blueprint

Once the roaring driver of China’s meteoric economic rise, the property sector now stands at a defining turning point.

Nov 30, 2025 • Tan Yixiao and Xu Zeyu

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China on Warpath over Takaichi's Path to War

And Americans' silence is deafening

Nov 21, 2025 • Zhai Xiang, Wang Xiaopeng, and Xu Zeyu

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Takaichi's Taiwan Remarks in Perspective

Revisiting "four political documents" that underpin China-Japan relations

Nov 11, 2025 • Zhai Xiang and Xu Zeyu

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Wang Dong: "China and U.S. can't afford to fight against each other"

Podcast interview with geopolitical scholar Wang Dong from Peking University

Nov 3, 2025 • Tan Yixiao and Gao Shan

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October 2025

Five-Year Plans: Why Market-Oriented China Keeps Legacy of Planned Economy

China’s proposals for the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) have just been unveiled at a key Party plenum.

Oct 28, 2025 • Xu Zeyu and Tan Yixiao

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September 2025

U.S. Is Driving ASEAN Closer to China

Washington cedes key geopolitical battleground by its own design

Sep 18, 2025 • Tian Zijun and Xu Zeyu

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June 2025

Chinese Garment Industry’s Mixed Response to Tariff Truce

While some anxiously wait for the other shoe to drop, others keep their shirt on

Jun 11, 2025 • Xu Zeyu

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May 2025

Parsing U.S.-China Trade Talks

China trade expert Cui Fan on the present and future of U.S.-China trade landscape

May 20, 2025 • Xu Zeyu and Meng Shuyan

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