China’s Dual-Use Infrastructure in the Pacific
China weaponizes Pacific infrastructure to expand regional military influence.
2025
Deep-Sea Fishing: How China Turned Law Enforcement into National Organized Looting
“Deep-sea fishing” is a tactic whereby police detain businessmen and seize their assets under the guise of an investigation. In the absence of a free press, civil society or an independent judiciary, such predatory policing has evolved into a systematic abuse that even the formidable party-state struggles to eradicate.
Still light in the darkness? Unpacking the 2024 Japan-EU Security and Defence Partnership Document
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s growing military activity near Taiwan, the EU and Japan are strengthening their defence ties.
CCP subnational influence in Malaysia
Co-opting Sabah’s Chinese elite.