China Program

About

The United States is engaged in a strategic competition with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The challenges posed by the CCP continue to mount: the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, massive human rights abuses, threats to American democratic allies like Taiwan and Hong Kong, dominance of vital supply chains and critical 21st century technologies, cyber intrusions, theft of U.S. intellectual property, strategic and weaponized CCP foreign investment in the United States and around the globe, North Korea and Iran nuclear, missile and military cooperation and sanctions-busting, and military provocations in the Indo-Pacific.

To address these threats, FDD’s China Program experts work as part of FDD’s three centers on American power to leverage the economic, financial, military, political, cyber and technology tools to expose and counter the full scope of the CCP challenge. They conduct detailed research, appear regularly in the media, and develop actionable policy options.

Chaired by Matthew Pottinger, FDD’s China Program includes fellows and analysts with a range of backgrounds, Chinese language skills, data-driven mining capabilities to examine Chinese-language sources, and experience in government, intelligence, military, and technology. FDD’s China Program examines a range of topics including: illicit finance; corrupt CCP global infrastructure; exploitation of the U.S. court system; methods for protecting vulnerable U.S. supply chains; proliferation activities; military developments; cyber threats; and human rights abuses in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and elsewhere.

Experts

Battlegrounds

The Fight to Defend the Free World

Published in September 2020, FDD's Center on Military and Political Power Chairman LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster authored a bold and provocative re-examination of the most critical foreign policy and national security challenges that face the United States including America’s strategic competition with China.

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Monographs

FDD's China team conducts detailed analysis on a range of the Chinese Communist Party's illicit activities.

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Events

Strengthening America’s Asian Border: A Discussion with Northern Marianas Governor Arnold Palacios

February 22, 2024 | 11:30 am

Beijing's Latin America Exploitation: Beyond the SCIF with House Intelligence Committee Member Rick Crawford

December 11, 2023 | 4:00 pm