Publication

The PRC’s 60th anniversary parade showcased many of China’s new weapons, but what did it tell us about China’s actual progress and intentions? Inside, two authors offer their perspectives. Also, in this issue: China’s response to the Myanmar border crisis; climate change and China’s water security; the fallout of the Rio Tinto case and China’s secrecy laws; and an new, “unhappy” sort of nationalism. In the final two articles, authors examine the growth of defensive realism in the Indian Ocean and China’s search for international status in space.