Freeman Chair in China Studies

The Freeman Chair in China Studies is a leading source of insight and analysis on China’s evolving political system, domestic agenda, and foreign policy

The CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies is a leading source of insight and analysis on China’s evolving political system, domestic agenda, and foreign policy. Our work focuses on leadership politics, policymaking and decision-making processes, party-state governance, political discourse and the role of ideology, sources of political stability and risk, and how these dynamics affect the broader world.

The Freeman Chair in China Studies was established in 1994 to advance the study of China and promote understanding between the United States and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. It was founded by Houghton “Buck” Freeman (1921-2010).

 

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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.

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Understanding Global South Perspectives on Taiwan

The CSIS Freeman Chair convened an international task force on Taiwan and the Global South. Members evaluated the state of Taiwan’s relationships in the Global South, opportunities to expand engagement, and Global South perspectives on cross-Strait issues.

Brief by Henrietta Levin and Hugh Grant-Chapman — January 16, 2026

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Asia Pacific Forecast 2015

Join CSIS experts for a preview of political, security, and economic developments across Asia in 2015. 

Event — January 29, 2015

“Pivot 2.0”

Opinion surveys demonstrate that a majority of Americans consider Asia the most important region to U.S. interests, and a majority of Asia experts support the Obama administration’s goal of a “pivot” or “rebalance” to the Asia-Pacific region.

Report by Michael J. Green, Nicholas Szechenyi, and Victor Cha — January 5, 2015

Thoughts from the Chairman: Xi Jinping Unveils his Foreign Policy Vision

On November 29, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote address to a Central Foreign Affairs Work Conference (CFAWC) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the first to be held under his stewardship as China’s top leader. Attending the meeting were all six of Xi’s Politburo Standing Committee colleagues, the rest of the full Politburo, China’s leading foreign policy practitioners, and hundreds of other officials from China’s provincial-level administrations, the military, state-owned enterprises, and the state bureaucracy. CFAWC’s are exceedingly rare, and equally authoritative. For example, judging from publicly available sources, there was only one such meeting during the entire decade-long tenure of Xi’s predecessor, Hu Jintao. As with so many of Xi’s initiatives during his brief time as party boss, it is noteworthy that he chose to sketch out at least the preliminary outlines of his foreign policy vision after barely two years in office. 

Newsletter by Christopher K. Johnson — December 8, 2014

An Analysis of Taiwan’s Nine-in-One Local Elections

Nine categories of elected office, ranging from mayors and heads of large counties to chiefs of small villages—a total of 11,130 seats—were up for grabs in what was called the “nine-in-one” election.

Critical Questions by Jacqueline Vitello and Bonnie S. Glaser — December 1, 2014

Recalibrating on China

Sustaining the rebalance into 2015 will require crafting fresh approaches to managing the bilateral U.S.-China relationship while reassuring the region and encouraging Chinese leaders to understand Washington’s abiding commitment to Asia without further exacerbating Chinese suspicions over U.S. intentions.

Report by Christopher K. Johnson — November 13, 2014

A New Era of U.S.-China Relations?

Christopher K. Johnson, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

Congressional Testimony by Christopher K. Johnson — September 17, 2014