Interpret: China

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 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 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

Assessing the Future Trajectory of China-Japan Relations

How are Chinese scholars assessing what role Japan might play in a potential conflict in and around Taiwan? Here, we asked three leading experts to analyze newly translated assessments by Chinese scholars on Japan’s role in cross-Strait relations and implications for Beijing’s evolving relationship with Tokyo going forward.

Commentary — March 2, 2023

How Beijing Approaches Crisis Management

What is China’s approach to crisis management, and how has it evolved over the past several decades? Here, three leading experts analyze newly translated assessments by Chinese security analysts and assess implications for U.S.-China security relations.

Commentary — November 22, 2022

Imposing the Party’s “Core Values” in Xinjiang

Three experts on Xinjiang analyze a 2017 speech by former Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, where he outlines the specifics of “Sinicization” of the region to ensure “stability and harmony.”

Commentary — October 25, 2022