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The RAND China Research Center studies China's capabilities, intentions, and strategic competition including in AI and technology, which is directly relevant to AI governance and the geopolitical dimensions of AI safety.
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The RAND China Research Center (CRC) conducts research on China's evolving capabilities, intentions, and behaviors across military, economic, trade, and technology domains. It serves as a collaborative hub for China-related scholarship and policy analysis, including tracking China's AI exports and technology development. The center also focuses on developing the next generation of China policy scholars.
Key Points
- •Covers strategic competition in economics, trade, and technology, including China's AI development and exports globally.
- •Maintains the China AI Exports Database (CAIED) tracking Chinese government-supported AI development finance projects in the Global South (2000–2017).
- •Examines China's internal dynamics including domestic politics, decision-making, and bureaucratic culture relevant to tech governance.
- •Acts as a collaborative nexus connecting researchers within RAND and an international network of partners on China policy.
- •Publishes research informing U.S. and allied policymakers on China's capabilities and strategic intentions.
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The RAND China Research Center (CRC) deepens understanding of China's evolving capabilities, intentions, and behaviors among critical stakeholders, including U.S. and allied policymakers, and the American public. Our research transcends military and national security issues, addressing strategic competition in economics, trade, and technology, and examining China's internal dynamics such as social and environmental challenges, domestic politics, decision-making processes, and bureaucratic culture. CRC acts as a collaborative nexus for China-related scholarship, fostering connections among researchers and research centers within RAND and across an international network of essential partners. Additionally, CRC is committed to developing the next generation of China scholars, both within RAND and across the wider China policy community.
Leadership
Jude Blanchette
Distinguished Tang Chair in China Research; Director, RAND China Research Center
Gerard DiPippo
Associate Director, RAND China Research Center; Senior Researcher
Jennifer Staats
Associate Director, RAND China Research Center; Senior Political Scientist
Tracey Blake
Research Project Manager
Sarah Rodden
Administrative Operations
Center Publications
Assessing China’s Efforts to Boost Fertility
China's government has implemented a range of pronatalist policies aimed at reversing fertility decline. Have these policies worked? What lessons might they offer for the United States?
Nov 12, 2025
China's Global Health Activities in Africa: Historical Perspectives and Case Studies
Researchers examined the People's Republic of China's global health activities and policies in Africa since the 196
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