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Jan 2025
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The Defense Department’s 2024 China Mili...

CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
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This ChinaPower Podcast is a recording of an event we held on December 18th, 2024 on the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) 2024 report on the Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China (PRC)—commonly known as the China Military Power Report (CMPR).   Required every year by Congress for over 20 years, the CMPR offers an autho ... Show More
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