K. Tristan Tang is a research associate 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. His work has been published in the U.S. Naval War College's CMSI Note, the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief, the Pacific Forum’s PacNet, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s The Strategist, and The Diplomat. You can find him on X at @KTristanTang
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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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