September 2025 Digest
China & The West | US Politics (Charlie Kirk) | Artificial Intelligence | Military Parade | Middle East | India | South China Sea | Russia | Resource and Energy Security | China's Economy
Today’s post offers a round-up of noteworthy analyses and commentaries from September. Your feedback on this new monthly digest would be much appreciated.
Da Wei on US–China decoupling eroding negotiation incentives but fostering Chinese composure through self-reliance.
Li Wei on the US deliberately pushing the PRC toward self-sufficiency and China’s need for bold unilateral opening-up.
Jin Canrong on addressing Western “thought colonialism” in Chinese academia and among elites.
Yan Xuetong on the increasing importance of regional security architectures in the absence of great-power consensus.
Jian Junbo on advancing cooperation with Europe even as China is viewed as a strategic threat.
Wu Xinbo on the fracturing of American society and the likely shape of a post-hegemonic world as the US turns inwards.
Zheng Zhigang on how China would benefit from figures like Charlie Kirk in its society.
Zheng Ge on American gun violence exposing the hollowness …