This policy brief examines how innovation takes place within the Chinese defense research, development, and acquisition (RDA) system. This begins with a short review of the evolving frameworks of analysis of technological innovation in industrial systems, with prominence given to the...

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, China’s defense science, technology, and innovation (DSTI) system has been vigorously developing a comprehensive set of innovation capabilities that will eventually allow it to join the world’s top tier of military technological...

"Cheung examines why and how China under Xi Jinping is building a techno-security state, where national security, innovation, and economic development converge. The book covers both the strategic vision guiding this transformation to policy implementation in the economic, technological,...