K. Tristan Tang is an associate fellow at RCDA and a member of Pacific Forum's Young Leaders Program. His research focuses on China’s defense industry, the People’s Liberation Army, and Chinese foreign policy. He holds a master's degree in Political Science from National Taiwan University.
His work has been published in the U.S. Naval War College's CMSI Note, U.S. Air University's Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief, the Pacific Forum’s PacNet, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s The Strategist, and The Diplomat.
Email: kttang@securetaiwan.org
LinkedIn: K. Tristan Tang
2025/7/25
PLA Navy Shifts Training Focus from Near-Shore to Blue-Water Operations
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2025/5/23
Latest PLA Anti-Corruption Campaign Enhances Xi Jinping’s Control Over the Military
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2025/4/18
Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, Air University (US)
2025/4/11
He Weidong’s Possible Downfall and Xi’s Trust Deficit With the PLA
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2025/4/11
‘Strait Thunder-2025A’ Drill Implies Future Increase in PLA Pressure on Taiwan
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2025/3/20
China's surging military activity around Taiwan appears to be 'using the enemy to train the troops'
Business Insider
2025/3/15
Xi Struggles to Keep Military Construction Reform on Course at Two Sessions
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2025/3/13
PLA Navy Enhances Realistic Combat Training: Observations of PLA Navy Operations Around Taiwan
CMSI Note, China Maritime Studies Institute at U.S Naval War College
2025/3/3
Taiwan setzt ein chinesisches Schiff fest, das ein Unterseekabel beschädigt haben soll
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
2025/1/17
Military Implications of PLA Aircraft Incursions in Taiwan’s Airspace 2024
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2024/12/20
Instead of Joint Sword-2024C, PLA Intensifies Winter Naval Training
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2024/12/7
The Overlooked Trend in China’s Military Violations of Taiwan’s ADIZ
The Diplomat
2024/11/5
Is China Furthering Its Purge of the Defense Industry? Here’s What to Watch.
The Diplomat
2024/11/1
Joint Sword-2024B: Quarantining Key Ports and Seizing Comprehensive Superiority
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2024/10/18
Xi Jinping Has Further Boosted the Military-Industrial Group of China
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2024/10/15
China’s jurisdictional traps: the risks of silent transits in the Taiwan Strait
The Strategist, The Australian Strategic Policy Institute
2024/09/24
The Hidden Significance of China’s Aircraft Carrier Passage Near Japan’s Yonaguni Island
The Diplomat
2024/09/23
PLA Navy Adjusts Operations to Further Undermine Taiwan’s Defensive Capabilities
PacNet, Pacific Forum
2024/09/20
PRC Expands De Facto Jurisdiction in the Taiwan Strait
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2024/09/12
The Logic of China’s Careful Defense Industry Purge
The Diplomat
2023/04/14
Xi Seeks to Reinvigorate Military-Civilian Integration
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2023/01/19
At a Dead End? China’s Drive to Reform Defense Science and Technology Institutes Stalls
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2022/12/08
Predicting China’s Next Foreign Minister: Key Factors and Policy Implications
China Brief, the Jamestown Foundation
2022/11/12
How Far Can China’s Defense Technology Reforms Go?
The Diplomat
2022/11/02
The Chinese Diplomats to Watch After the 20th Party Congress
The Diplomat
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