China

RAND's China experts have examined a wide range of issues, including the country's military, political, and trade relations, especially with Taiwan and Japan; its environmental, economic, and health policies and prospects; and its international business and intellectual property (copyright) challenges.

Research conducted by: Center for Asia Pacific Policy; RAND Project AIR FORCE; RAND National Security Research Division; RAND Health

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China May Have Technological, Economic Edge Over India in 2025, but Also Demographic Disadvantage

As India and China continue to grow in prominence, each nation has certain advantages, but neither one is primed to have clear across-the-board competitive advantages over the other.

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Commentary

Tokyo's Leverage Over Pyongyang — Nov 21, 2006

Published commentary by RAND staff: Tokyo's Leverage Over Pyongyang, in the Asian Wall Street Journal.

Commentary

Roiling the Waters in the Taiwan Strait — Mar 21, 2006

Published commentary by RAND staff: Roiling the Waters in the Taiwan Strait, in International Herald Tribune.

Report

Advances Underway in China’s Defense Industries — Mar 15, 2006

Testimony presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 16, 2006.

Commentary

We the People (of China)... — Feb 2, 2006

Published commentary by RAND staff: We the People (of China)..., in the Wall Street Journal.

Report

Challenges to China’s Internal Security Strategy — Feb 2, 2006

Testimony presented to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on February 3, 2006.

Report

Understanding China and India: Security Implications for the United States and the World — Jan 1, 2006

Based on over 120 in-depth interviews with government officials and scholars in Beijing and New Delhi, the author's research yields some surprising news about the differences between China and India.

Journal Article

Arms Control and CSBMs in a Korean Peace Regime: A U.S. Perspective — Jan 1, 2006

The author addresses strategies and prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula, prospects for arms control and the peace process involving the two Koreas and the U.S., and the future of U.S.-China relations.

Report

Managing Change: China and the United States in 2025 — Nov 29, 2005

Transcript of a 2005 lecture by Harold Brown (Secretary of the Air Force, 1965-1969; Secretary of Defense, 1977-1981) on how globalization, WMD proliferation, Taiwan, and other factors may affect U.S.-China relations over the next two decades.

Research Brief

Forecasting China's Military Spending Through 2025 — Nov 25, 2005

RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) assessed three trends and provided projections of China's potential military expenditures through 2025.

Commentary

Puts & Calls: Concerns Over U.S.-China Trade Deficit Are Overblown — Oct 30, 2005

Published commentary by RAND staff: Puts & Calls: Concerns Over U.S.-China Trade Deficit Are Overblown in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Report

A New Direction for China’s Defense Industry — Sep 19, 2005

This report analyzes the individual strengths and weaknesses of China's defense industrial complex. It examines four specific defense-industrial sectors--missiles, aircraft, shipbuilding, and information technology. It argues that China's defense industry

Report

China’s Military Modernization and the Cross-Strait Balance — Sep 14, 2005

Testimony presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on September 15, 2005.

Commentary

A Sensible Solution To Beijing's Yuan Dilemma? — May 20, 2005

Published commentary by RAND staff.

News Release

RAND Study Predicts China's Defense Spending Is Lower Than Previous Outside Estimates — May 19, 2005

RAND Study Predicts China's Defense Spending Is Lower Than Previous Outside Estimates

Report

China and Globalization — May 18, 2005

Testimony presented to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on May 19, 2005.

Report

Modernizing China’s Military: Opportunities and Constraints — May 17, 2005

Projects future growth in Chinese defense expenditures, evaluates the current and likely future capabilities of China’s defense industries, and compares likely future defense expenditure levels with recent expenditures by the United States and the U.S. Air Force.

Commentary

Beijing's Dangerous Game — May 12, 2005

Published commentary by RAND staff.

Report

Strategic Choices in Science and Technology: Korea in the Era of a Rising China — Mar 15, 2005

Investigates strategies and policies for Korea to pursue, particularly in science and technology, in light of a rising China.

Commentary

Heading Off European Arms to China — Mar 2, 2005

Published commentary by RAND staff.

Report

China on the Move: A Franco-American Analysis of Emerging Chinese Strategic Policies and Their Consequences for Transatlantic Relations — Feb 28, 2005

The product of a conference jointly sponsored by the RAND Corporation and Centre Asie Ifri, this volume presents transatlantic views of Chinese foreign policy and national security goals. It offers a common path for engaging China as a rising power.

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