Dean Cheng brings detailed knowledge of China's military and space capabilities to bear as The Heritage Foundation's research fellow on Chinese political and security affairs. Read his research.
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Rarely has the stark contrast between being an adversary of America and being an American friend been more in evidence than in the news this… Read More
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For the second time in a month, a Chinese fighter jet has made an unsafe approach to an American military aircraft. This time, a Chinese… Read More
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This summer promises to be a turbulent one for the Asia-Pacific region. As the recent Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore made clear, the United States and China are… Read More
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There is a lot going on in Southeast Asia. The United States has conducted another freedom of navigation operation in the area of several disputed islands…. Read More
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Chinese activities in cyberspace regularly garner a great deal of attention. Chinese hackers have been accused of stealing millions of records from U.S. government databases,… Read More
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In the last few days, China has undertaken several new military actions. These include landing a military aircraft on one of their new artificial islands… Read More
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As the Chinese National People’s Congress met in Beijing this week, one announcement was the planned defense budget for 2016. Contrary to some rumors, China’s… Read More
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The U.S. government has reported that China has deployed several batteries of surface-to-air missiles (HQ-9) to Woody Island, Paracels, in the South China Sea. This… Read More
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Some 90 days after the last attempt at conducting a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea, the American destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur… Read More
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In a move that will make the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) a more competitive and capable force for any future conflict contingency, Chinese leader Xi… Read More
