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  • China's Defense S&T Key Lab System - 2025 Update

        This report represents an updated and significantly expanded revision of The PRC State & Defense Laboratory System Part Two: Defense S&T Key Lab Directory, which was released in early 2023. That report was in turn the second part of The PRC State & Defense Laboratory System: An Overview,  which

  • TFTC: Friendlies before the World Cup

    China has spent the last thirty years laser focused on modernizing the military, with one goal in mind, to catch up to the United States and its allies and partners.  However, the armed wing of the Communist Party, the People’s Liberation Army, hasn’t fought a war since the 1979/1980s border war

  • The Evolution of China’s Nuclear Forces

    In recent years, China has embarked on the most significant transformation of its nuclear forces in its history. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) projections indicate the People’s Republic of China (PRC) could field over 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030.[i] The scope and speed of this buildup have

  • Thoughts from the Chairman

    Thoughts from the ChairmanSeries IntroductionIntroductionThe “Thoughts from the Chairman” series is intended to be thought provoking and encourage discussions, but is in no way meant to be authoritative.  In some cases, the “Thoughts” will be complete works of fiction, though based on years of

  • China’s Commercial SSA Company and “TLE Localization”

    A Chinese commercial space company recently began providing services that merge the functions of the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF’s) Unified Data Library (UDL) and the United States Department of Commerce’s Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). China is increasingly self-reliant in the space

  • CASI Quarterly update #3 for 2025

    CASI Quarterly update #3 for 2025Click here for the PDF versionFriends of CASI,            This quarter once again saw a lot of work, a lot of travel, and a lot of research, along with some turnover.Stay tuned for more information on the 2026 CASI Conference in the coming months.CASI Researchers

  • ITOW: China's National Security in the New Era (2025)

    May 12th, 2025 China released its white paper on "China's National Security in the New Era". This is the translation of that document.The “In Their Own Words” series is dedicated to translations of Chinese documents in order to help non-Mandarin speaking audiences access and understand Chinese

  • Beijing’s Response to REFORPAC Projects Calm Confidence

    The U.S. Air Force (USAF) conducted Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC) 2025 across the Indo-Pacific theater from July 8 to August 8, 2025. Beijing’s response to the exercise was muted, as it was to what had been the largest exercise in the region, Mobility Guardian 2023. Beijing’s response to

  • PRC Media Responses to Pakistani J-10's Combat Success

    On 9 May 2025, a Reuters report claimed that at least one Indian Air Force Rafale combat aircraft was shot down by a Pakistani pilot flying an export variant of the Chinese J-10 fighter.1 The defeat of a leading Western combat aircraft by a People’s Republic of China (PRC) indigenously-produced

  • CASI Toolkit for China- PLA Personnel presentation

    The CASI Commander's Toolkit for China is a series of articles with accompanying pre-made presentations to help Airmen, Guardians, and all members of the DOD, USG, American Public, and Allies and Partners writ large, better understand the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) People's Liberation Army

  • China’s Responses to the U.S. “Golden Dome” Missile Defense Initiative

    On January 27, 2025, President Trump ordered the construction of an “Iron Dome for America,” characterized as a next-generation missile defense shield to protect the U.S. homeland.  On May 20, President Trump held a briefing on the system now known as “Golden Dome” with the stated goal of completing

  • CASI Toolkit for China- PLA Personnel article

    The CASI Commander's Toolkit for China is a series of articles with accompanying pre-made presentations to help Airmen, Guardians, and all members of the DOD, USG, American Public, and Allies and Partners writ large, better understand the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) People's Liberation Army

  • A Look at the J-20 AESA Radar

    There is a contrasting or somewhat paradoxical component to available information about the People’s Liberation Army Air Force J-20 Mighty Dragon’s performance parameters, because while much can be observed and learned regarding the aircraft’s external configuration and domestically built WS-15

  • ITOW: China's Action Plan for Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence

    July 26, 2025 China released its plan for AI governance.The “In Their Own Words” series is dedicated to translations of Chinese documents in order to help non-Mandarin speaking audiences access and understand Chinese thinking. CASI would like to thank all of those involved in this effort. In the “In

  • CASI Commander's Toolkit for China- PLA Army presentation

    The CASI Commander's Toolkit for China is a series of articles with accompanying pre-made presentations to help Airmen, Guardians, and all members of the DOD, USG, American Public, and Allies and Partners writ large, better understand the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) People's Liberation Army

  • CASI Toolkit for China- PLA Army article

    The CASI Commander's Toolkit for China is a series of articles with accompanying pre-made presentations to help Airmen, Guardians, and all members of the DOD, USG, American Public, and Allies and Partners writ large, better understand the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) People's Liberation Army

  • The Truth about the Sino-Russian Combined Patrols

    This article was published as part of the cooperation between CASI and the Japanese Air Self Defense Force's  Air and Space Studies Institute (JASI)The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has conducted nine “combined strategic aerial patrols” with the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS)