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China’s export orders dip in April as Trump’s tariffs begin to bite - AP News buff.ly/cmuHtfr What are the short and long-term implications of the U.S.-China tariff war on the U.S. and China? Listen to this #ChinaPower Podcast with Scott Kennedy: bit.ly/4jhiclj

In a mining blockade scenario, China establishes an air and maritime exclusion zone east of the Taiwan Strait. A partial blockade does not block off trade through the Strait, reducing the likelihood of intervention by other countries. Learn more: bit.ly/china-blockade…

NEW: According to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization, China can supply enough food to meet 139% of its population’s basic caloric needs. That is ahead of Japan (110%), and virtually the same as Europe (138%). Yet, China still faces challenges to domestic production: cs.is/4lVlnRd

NEW: Given the current tariff war between the U.S. and China, what could a U.S.-China deal look like? Scott Kennedy does not think that the deal will “address the fundamental challenges the U.S. has with China, or vice versa.” Listen here: bit.ly/4jhiclj

China says it’s evaluating US overtures for trade talks, but tariffs remain an obstacle - AP News buff.ly/cLB74PN What does China think about the U.S.-China tariff war? Listen to Scott Kennedy from CSIS discuss this on the #ChinaPower Podcast: bit.ly/4jhiclj

In a blockade scenario, China does not need to seal off Taiwan hermetically to achieve its goals. Instead, China can stop oil, natural gas, and coal imports from reaching Taiwan, creating a shortage in Taiwan’s energy supply. Learn more in our feature: bit.ly/china-blockade…

Nvidia raises concerns about Huawei’s growing AI chip capabilities with US lawmakers - SCMP buff.ly/ME8MfAy How close is the race between the U.S. and China on AI development? Jeffrey Ding answers these questions and more on the #ChinaPower Podcast: bit.ly/426Qi3N

China has made impressive advances in quantum technologies in recent years. Explore our feature to learn more about China’s ambitions and important milestones: bit.ly/china-quantum

How has today’s hyper-globalized economy created chokepoints? How can the U.S. use its economic arsenal to compel adversaries to shift their behavior? Listen to our discussion with Eddie Fishman on the #ChinaPower Podcast: bit.ly/4hVPllS

In a mining blockade scenario, the PLA cyber forces will conduct non-kinetic attacks to disrupt Taiwan’s communication systems and disable energy and transportation infrastructure. See what may happen next at: bit.ly/china-blockade…

CSIS #ChinaPower estimates $444 B of Japan’s trade and $357 B of South Korea’s trade passes through the Taiwan Strait, showing the deep reliance of these U.S. allies on the strait for energy and technological imports. Read here: bit.ly/taiwan-strait-…

“The rush to completely decouple...from China is challenging for [U.S.] localities, because often there is no alternative to whatever they were depending on in their relationship with China,” explains Dr. Sara Newland. Listen: bit.ly/4gEXA4b

BRICS economies rely on the Taiwan Strait twice as much as G7 economies, new #ChinaPower estimate shows. China will be sensitive to BRICS’s concerns in any strait contingencies. Read here: bit.ly/taiwan-strait-…

China’s 1973 “later, longer, fewer” (晚稀少) campaign caused national fertility rates (the number of births per woman) to plummet. Learn about China’s history of population control in our feature: bit.ly/cp_demographics

Concerns about Chinese human rights abuses and political crackdowns in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong led to a series of diplomatic boycotts of the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Learn more about the contentious 2022 Games and what they meant for China: bit.ly/CP_olympics

China has been gaining grounds in “new strategic frontiers,” that are open to competition and not dominated by any one player. How does China approach these new frontiers, such as the polar regions? Learn more on this #ChinaPower podcast: bit.ly/3PDc1Ld

With over 150 oceangoing vessels and more than 400 smaller vessels, the Chinese Coast Guard is the largest in the world and greatly outnumbers Taiwan’s coast guard. What challenges might this pose if China were to quarantine Taiwan? Visit here for more bit.ly/quarantine-tw

“China is actively seeking to insert itself in emerging domains that are of geopolitical, strategic, and economic importance,” argues CSIS’s Dr. Matthew Funaiole when speaking on China’s ambitions in the Arctic and Antarctica. Listen for more: bit.ly/3PDc1Ld

Xiaomi says its open-source MiMo reasoning model, trained completely in-house, rivals the performance of OpenAI’s o1-mini and Alibaba’s QwQ-32B - SCMP buff.ly/SfCJpi9 Learn about U.S.-China AI competition on this #ChinaPower Podcast: bit.ly/426Qi3N

In a limited blockade scenario, China will deploy PLA, law enforcement, and maritime militia forces to surround Taiwan. However, the lack of kinetic operations and mines leaves the PLA open to escalation by Taiwan and intervention from the U.S. Visit: bit.ly/china-blockade…