Research
This Issue Brief details the challenges posed by Chinese “fast fashion” platforms, including exploitation of trade loopholes; concerns about production processes, sourcing relationships, product safety, and use of forced labor; and violations of intellectual property rights. These platforms primarily rely on U.S. consumers downloading and using Chinese apps to curate and deliver products.
The primary focus of this Issue Brief is first mover Shein, about which the most data is available, with additional discussion of Temu, which has rapidly expanded its U.S. market presence in the past year. These firms commercial success has encouraged both established Chinese e-commerce platforms and startups to copy its model, posing risks and challenges to U.S. regulations, laws, and principles of market access.
Hearings
The hearing assesses China's motivations and policies for defense modernization, including overviews of its military procurement process and military-civil fusion strategy; evaluates how China is pursuing new materials, components, and technologies to address longstanding obstacles in domains such as space, aviation, and undersea warfare, as well as to gain supremacy in new domains such as artificial intelligence; and provides a forward-looking assessment of how Congress, the Administration, and U.S. allies and partners could improve export controls and investment screening to control technology flows to China for use in advanced weapons.
Research
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission invites submission of proposals to provide a concise, one-time unclassified report on China’s censorship practices.
Hearings
The hearing reviews case studies of China's influence and interference activities in Taiwan, fellow Five Eyes countries, and the developing world; evaluates how China influences and interferes with foreign countries' political, educational, economic, and media systems to achieve its strategic objectives; and examines China's unique approach to foreign influence in the form of “united front work” as well as the party-state organizations tasked with carrying it out.
Research
On February 24, General Secretary Xi Jinping did not make an expected “peace speech” to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
Research
This staff research report explores the “one-stop shop” dispute resolution center for Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)-related commercial disputes. The report concludes with implications for the United States.
Hearings
The hearing assesses the state of education in China and its interconnection with China's economic growth and development; examines how China's higher education system advances growth, knowledge, and innovation; and evaluates China's education policies aimed at promoting strategic and emerging industries and the implications for strategic competition with the United States.
China Bulletin
Chinese Firm Agrees to Oil Extraction Deal with Taliban
Hearings
The hearing reviews the concepts and strategy of China's military diplomacy, evaluates how China uses overseas military activities to improve capabilities and access for the People's Liberation Army, and examines China’s foreign military sales and acquisition of foreign military equipment and technology.