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The Last Minarets of Yunnan
The Chinese government's plan to demolish the dome and minarets of a mosque in Yunnan Province reveals the uncompromising nationalist tenor of Xi Jinping's rule. Xi's desire to Sinicize socialism and yoke China's modern history to Han identity effectively marginalizes ethno-religious minorities such as Hui…
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Current Overview of the PLA Air Force’s Organizational Structure
This report from Kenneth W. Allen provides an overview of reforms in China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) organizational structure from 2016 through 2022. It is an updated version of the author’s previous work on PLAAF organizational structure, and most of the new information…
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AFRICAN GATEWAY: RWANDA AND CHINA’S DIGITAL SILK ROAD
Executive Summary: Rwanda represents a pivotal nexus for China’s strategic ambitions in Africa. While possessing limited natural resources, Rwanda’s East African location, young and growing population, and greenfield development opportunities for Chinese technology firms combine to make it an effective gateway for Chinese technological, economic,…
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Executive Summary: Rwanda represents a pivotal nexus for China’s strategic ambitions in Africa. While possessing limited natural resources, Rwanda’s East African location, young and growing population, and greenfield development opportunities for Chinese technology firms combine to make it an effective gateway for Chinese technological, economic,…
Studies of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)’s role in the Iranian economy often focus on its illicit activity, like smuggling, or its involvement in construction and the media. These studies overlook the IRGC’s involvement in a sector crucial for meeting the IRGC’s growing need…
Journalists and human rights activists have highlighted that the Iranian government is using foreign facial recognition technology to enforce hijab laws and arrest protestors. The government has not acquired this technology from Chinese companies like Tiandy and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co. alone, however– it also…
While the Islamic Republic has drawn international condemnation for restricting Iranians’ access to major portions of the international internet, key government and private-sector websites have quietly been made unavailable to those outside of Iran (so-called “geo-blocking”). This development makes it more difficult for journalists, human…
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The Last Minarets of Yunnan
The Chinese government's plan to demolish the dome and minarets of a mosque in Yunnan Province reveals the uncompromising nationalist tenor of Xi Jinping's rule. Xi's desire to Sinicize socialism and yoke China's modern history to Han identity effectively marginalizes ethno-religious minorities such as Hui…
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Current Overview of the PLA Air Force’s Organizational Structure
This report from Kenneth W. Allen provides an overview of reforms in China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) organizational structure from 2016 through 2022. It is an updated version of the author’s previous work on PLAAF organizational structure, and most of the new information…
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EXOVERA’ s Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis (CIRA) closely studies China’s military industrial complex
EXOVERA'S Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis (CIRA) closely studies China’s military industrial complex – in particular, Chinese investment in U.S. technology and the flow of U.S. capital into China that wittingly or unwittingly advances the objectives of the Peoples Liberation Army. Commenting in today’s…
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SOSi Hosts Conference on Chinese Communist Party Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Party and a Watershed Moment in U.S.-China Relations
RESTON, Va. (November 18, 2021) – Earlier this week SOSi’s Center for Research and Analysis (CIRA) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted the "Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at 100 Conference" to assess the CCP’s ideology, structure, and activities in both China…
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