Technological Progress in ‘Time War’ With the West
External Publication
China is weaponising chronopolitics by turning time into an instrument of national power. From BeiDou and the National Time Service Center to the international standards that define the length of a second, precision timekeeping has become a new domain of strategic competition.
Chinese LLMs in the UK Technology Stack
Written Evidence
With the AI Opportunities Action Plan driving economy-wide AI adoption, low-cost and increasingly competitive Chinese AI models have likely become embedded across the UK’s technology stack. This presents both data security and strategic dependency risks.
Authoritarian Innovation
Report
Beijing is building political control into generative AI systems through an increasingly comprehensive governance mechanism, which enables information control to operate at the technical layer even without deliberate information operations.
Why Europe Needs a New China Lens
Founding Essay
As one of the most consequential strategic actors of our time, China poses increasingly complex challenges across multiple fronts. Europe must develop its own strategic understanding of China.
PRC Pulls Ahead in Quantum Communications Security
External Publication
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) currently leads in the application of quantum technologies, especially secure communications network infrastructure, while the United States remains stronger in foundational research breakthroughs.
PLA Insights from Ukraine’s Asymmetric USV Operations
External Publication
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) closely studies the Russia–Ukraine conflict, viewing Ukraine’s innovative use of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) as a transformative model for future naval warfare and asymmetric operations.
Yarlung Tsangpo Hydropower Fuels PRC’s Energy-Computing Strategy
External Publication
Tibet’s Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project, which broke ground in July, is set to become the world’s largest hydropower installation.