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Sinification's Best of 2025
A collection of our favourite newsletters from 2025
 • Thomas des Garets Geddes, James Farquharson, and Jacob Mardell
Briefing: Trump's National Security Strategy
An analysis of reactions by China's establishment intellectuals to the new US National Security Strategy
 • Jacob Mardell
From Darling to Discarded: Trump’s Second-Term Shift on India
"...a future 'contest for second place' between America and India in overall national power and economic size is entirely possible."
 • Jacob Mardell and Thomas des Garets Geddes
Sanctions and Economic Warfare in the US–China Contest: The "Renmin School" Playbook
A review of "Sanctions and Economic Warfare" by Di Dongsheng, Ji Xianbai and Wei Zilong
 • James Farquharson
November Digest | Part 2 — International Relations
US-China | Europe | Japan | Africa | Russia
 • James Farquharson and Thomas des Garets Geddes
November Digest | Part 1 - Economics, AI and Society
Chinese Economy | Society and Governance | Young People | AI and Chipmaking
 • James Farquharson and Thomas des Garets Geddes
Briefing: Takaichi Sanae and China–Japan Relations
An analysis of reactions by China's establishment intellectuals to Takaichi Sanae's recent statement that an attack on Taiwan could trigger the…
 • Jacob Mardell
China's Strategy of Industrial Abundance: an Imperial Banquet, not Molecular Gastronomy
"If a skilled chef already has all the ingredients—vegetables, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar—for preparing an imperial banquet, would he really…
 • James Farquharson and Thomas des Garets Geddes
The EU's "Rare Earth Anxiety" According to Zhao Junjie
"The anxiety and helplessness the EU has displayed over the rare earth issue reveal the contradictions and dilemmas at the heart of its policy towards…
 • Jacob Mardell and Thomas des Garets Geddes
October Digest | Part 2 — The World as Viewed From China
US-China Relations | Global Order and International Development | Taiwan | Japan | Europe | Nationalism
 • Thomas des Garets Geddes and James Farquharson
October Digest | Part 1 — Economics, AI and Local Government
Economic Policy and the 15th Five-Year Plan | AI and Chips | Local Government and Hukou Reform | The Nobel Prize and Chinese Economics
 • Thomas des Garets Geddes and James Farquharson
China’s AI Strategy: Encircling the Cities From the Countryside — by Di Dongsheng
"In the early stages of this competition, we should employ all available tools—state subsidies, financial support, diplomatic pressure—to encourage as…
 • Thomas des Garets Geddes and Rebecca Arcesati, MERICS
Why China's Rise Might Not Be Peaceful — by Prof. Jin Canrong (Part 2)
"History shows that the establishment of new institutions and norms is almost always accompanied by violent measures." - Jin Canrong
 • Thomas des Garets Geddes, James Farquharson, and William A. Callahan
Jin Canrong on the "Peace Disease" among China's Elite (Part 1)
"The common people endured repeated humiliation and hardship, while the literati, using the people’s resources to purchase peace, continued to regard…
 • Thomas des Garets Geddes, James Farquharson, and William A. Callahan
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