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2021 Annual Report to Congress

Topics this year include the CCP's ambitions and challenges at its centennial, China’s influence in Latin America and the Caribbean, the CCP's economic and technological ambitions, the Chinese government’s evolving control of the corporate sector, U.S.-China financial connectivity and risks to U.S. national security, China’s nuclear forces, Chinese military capabilities and decision-making for a war over Taiwan, Hong Kong’s government embracing authoritarianism, and a review of economics, trade, security, political, and foreign affairs developments in 2021.

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Annual Report to Congress7.4 MB
Executive Summary6.61 MB
Recommendations to Congress97.01 KB
U.S.-China Global Competition
Chapter 1 Section 1 - The Chinese Communist Party's Ambitions and Challenges at Its Centennial507.54 KB
Chapter 1 Section 2 - China's Influence in Latin America and the Caribbean2.27 MB
U.S.-China Economic and Trade Relations
Chapter 2 Section 1 - Year in Review: Economics and Trade523.09 KB
Chapter 2 Section 2 - CCP's Economic & Technological Ambitions: Synthetic Bio, New Mobility, Cloud Computing, & Digital Currency3.04 MB
Chapter 2 Section 3 - The Chinese Government's Evolving Control of the Nonstate Sector387.63 KB
Chapter 2 Section 4 - U.S.-China Financial Connectivity and Risks to U.S. National Security771.54 KB
U.S.-China Security, Politics, and Foreign Affairs
Chapter 3 Section 1 - Year in Review: Security, Politics, and Foreign Affairs560.94 KB
Chapter 3 Section 2 - China’s Nuclear Forces: Moving beyond a Minimal Deterrent894.83 KB
A Dangerous Period for Cross-Strait Deterrence: Chinese Military Capabilities and Decision-Making for a War over Taiwan
Chapter 4 - Dangerous Period for Cross-Strait Deterrence: Chinese Military Capabilities & Decision-Making for a War over Taiwan568.61 KB
Hong Kong's Government Embraces Authoritarianism
Chapter 5 - Hong Kong's Government Embraces Authoritarianism657.56 KB

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