Interpret: China is a Freeman Chair in China Studies project that seeks to enable a more objective understanding of China through the translation and analysis of primary source material.

The project seeks to transform how policymakers, companies, researchers, journalists, and the broader public understand China, by providing noncommercial, educational access to translated articles, speeches, policy documents, and other important materials. Interpret: China was established in February 2022 with generous support from the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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Chinese Assessments of AI: Risks and Mitigation Strategies

Two leading analysts examine recently translated documents to assess how Beijing is weighing the risks and challenges of AI, similarities and differences to the approaches emerging in other capitals, and implications for U.S.-China competition.

Commentary — April 2, 2024

China’s Strategy in the Middle East

Recent tensions in the Middle East have drawn global attention, where China’s engagement has grown substantially over the past decade. Experts analyze recently translated Chinese scholarship on Beijing’s evolving strategy for engagement with countries in the MENA region.

Commentary — February 21, 2024

China’s Food Security Challenges

Drawing on newly translated scholarship, leading experts assess how Chinese analysts frame external and domestic risks to their country’s food supply, and the recommendations they have for Beijing to make this supply more resilient and secure.

Commentary — December 12, 2023

China’s Demographic Challenges

Leading experts analyze newly translated scholarship on China’s demographic challenges and assess recommendations Chinese experts are advancing to address falling birth rates.

Commentary — November 28, 2023

Chinese Assessments of De-risking

Drawing on newly translated scholarship, leading experts examine how Chinese analysts are assessing U.S. and partner de-risking efforts and their impacts on China’s economic and technological development.

Commentary — October 3, 2023

Chinese Assessments of Sino-African Relations

Drawing on newly translated scholarship, leading experts analyze China’s evolving relationships in Africa, both in terms of economic engagement with individual states and interactions with fellow major powers on the continent.

Commentary — September 15, 2023

Chinese Assessments of Countersanctions Strategies

Leading experts examine how Chinese analysts are assessing U.S. sanctions strategies and what countermeasures they see as available to Beijing if sanctions are imposed on China in the future.

Commentary — June 14, 2023

What is Beijing’s Timeline for “Reunification” with Taiwan?

This analysis examines all authoritative CCP political and strategic documents since 2012 and comparable documents dating back to 1992 that have discussed timelines for “reunifying” Taiwan, in order to better understand what, if any, formal timeline the CCP has outlined for legally and politically absorbing Taiwan into the People’s Republic of China.

Commentary — May 26, 2023