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).

 

Meet Our Experts

Learn more about the Freeman Chair in China Studies through our experts, staff, and non-resident affiliates.

Henrietta Levin

Contact Information

Media Queries

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.

Visit Microsite

Featured Analysis

Photo: RocknRoller Studios/Adobe Stock

Photo: RocknRoller Studios/Adobe Stock

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

See all analysis by the Freeman Chair

Freeman Chair Events

Photo: Nikolaj Potanin via CC BY-SA 2.0

Watch past Freeman Chair events and find out about our upcoming events.

View the event

Podcasts

All Freeman Chair in China Studies Content

Filter by

81 - 90 of 685 results
The Asia Chessboard

The Exit Interview

This week Mike hosts Jude for a final goodbye episode to get Jude's synopsis of the China watching fields ability to understand China, what they have rightly predicted, what has been missed, Beijing's politics, and many other topics discussed in previous episodes.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — November 12, 2024

CSIS The Asia Chess Board
Pekingology

The Latecomer's Rise

In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair in China Studies Jude Blanchette is joined by Muyang Chen, Assistant Professor of International Development at Peking University’s School of International Studies to discuss her new book, The Latecomer's Rise: Policy Banks and the Globalization of China's Development Finance (Cornell University Press, 2024).

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — October 31, 2024

CSIS Pekingology
The Asia Chessboard

Myanmar After the Coup

Mike and Jude are joined by Aaron Connelly to discuss his recent book New Answers to Old Questions: Myanmar Before and After the 2021 Coup D’État.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green and Jude Blanchette — October 29, 2024

CSIS The Asia Chess Board

Book Event - "On Xi Jinping" with Ambassador Kevin Rudd

The CSIS Freeman Chair and CSIS Australia Chair are pleased to be hosting former Australian Prime Minister and current Australian Ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd for a discussion of his new book "On Xi Jinping: How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World" (Oxford University Press, September 2024). 

Event — October 21, 2024

Pekingology

The Idea of China

In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair in China Studies Jude Blanchette is joined by Mark Leonard, co-founder and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations. He is also the Henry A Kissinger chair in foreign policy and international relations at the US Library of Congress, Washington DC. They discuss his recently co-authored book The Idea of China: Chinese Thinkers on Power, Progress, and People. (European Council on Foreign Relations, 2024)

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — October 17, 2024

CSIS Pekingology
Pekingology

The Sentinel State

In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair in China Studies Jude Blanchette is joined by Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. He is also editor of the China Leadership Monitor. They discuss his recent book The Sentinel State Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China. (Harvard University Press, 2024)

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette — October 3, 2024

CSIS Pekingology
The Asia Chessboard

US-China Relations From the Inside

This week Mike and Jude are joined by Rick Waters, managing director of Eurasia Group's China practice. Rick previously served as the US State Department's top China policy official, overseeing the creation of the Office of China Coordination, informally known as the China House, and concurrently serving as deputy assistant secretary of state for China and Taiwan.

Podcast Episode by Jude Blanchette and Michael J. Green — October 1, 2024

CSIS The Asia Chess Board