Starlink, the satellite internet constellation owned by U.S. aerospace firm SpaceX, has proved a major focus for Beijing and the Chinese security community in recent years due to the technology’s use on the battlefield in Ukraine. In this symposium, key experts analyze insights Beijing is drawing regarding the technology’s broader economic, political, and security ramifications and the future of U.S.-China space competition.

Drawing on newly translated scholarship, leading experts examine how Chinese analysts are assessing U.S. and partner de-risking efforts and their impacts on China’s economic and technological development.

Drawing on newly translated scholarship, leading experts examine how Chinese analysts are assessing U.S. sanctions strategies and what countermeasures they see as available to Beijing if sanctions are imposed on China in the future.

Drawing on newly translated scholarship, leading experts examine how Chinese analysts are assessing U.S. and partner deterrence strategies in the Indo-Pacific and in the Taiwan Strait.

How do Chinese foreign policy scholars view U.S. policy on China and the broader Indo-Pacific? Oxford University’s Rosemary Foot, CSIS scholars Ivan Kanapathy and Lily McElwee, and the Atlantic Council’s Chris Preble provide expert analysis of newly translated Chinese assessments.