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Tanner Greer

Tanner Greer is the director of the Center for Strategic Translation.

Articles by Tanner Greer

A worker checks a robot arm at a robotics company during a tour in Xianghe county in China's Hebei province on Oct. 22, 2017.

Xi Believes China Can Win a Scientific Revolution

Argument

Tanner Greer, Nancy Yu

April 30, 2024, 5:09 PM

George Kennan's "Long Telegram"

Oh God, Not Another Long Telegram About China

Argument

March 4, 2021, 3:29 PM

Pro-China activists in Australia

Biden’s First Foreign-Policy Crisis Is Already Here

Argument

December 10, 2020, 4:04 PM

A U.S. Marine takes position

The Tip of the American Military Spear Is Being Blunted

Argument

July 6, 2020, 12:54 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a bilateral meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (out of frame) ahead of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit in Brasília on Nov. 13.

Xi Jinping Knows Who His Enemies Are

Review

November 21, 2019, 3:21 PM

Can American Values Survive in a Chinese World?

Review

October 12, 2019, 7:00 AM

This aerial view shows land reclamation work on the Henoko coastal district of Nago, Okinawa prefecture, on December 14, 2018, to build a new site for relocating a US military airbase.

American Bases in Japan Are Sitting Ducks

Argument

September 4, 2019, 1:59 PM

Visitors line up in front of billboards showing anime characters during the 14th Ani-Com and Games exhibition in Hong Kong on July 27, 2012. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/GettyImages)

Super-Patriotic Anime Youth Wars!

Argument

January 23, 2019, 10:14 AM

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Papua New Guinea's Governor-General Bob Dadae, and Papua New Guinea's Chief of Defense Gilbert Toropo attend a welcome ceremony for Xi's state visit in Port Moresby on Nov. 16. (David Gray/AFP/Getty Images)

One Belt, One Road, One Big Mistake

Argument

December 6, 2018, 3:29 PM

Taiwanese soldiers simulate fending off an attempted invasion during an annual drill at the military base in Hualien on Jan. 30. (Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images)

Taiwan Can Win a War With China

Argument

September 25, 2018, 12:28 PM

Uighur people pick up their children from school on July 27, 2017, in Kashgar City, Xinjiang, where everyday activities such as wearing a headscarf in the presence of the PRC flag can be cause for detainment. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

48 Ways to Get Sent to a Chinese Concentration Camp

Feature

September 13, 2018, 10:40 AM

Cambodian protesters burn Vietnamese flags during a protest in front of the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh on October 8, 2014. Cambodian protesters demanded Vietnam to recognise that Kampuchea Krom, which is now a part of Vietnam, is Cambodia's former territory. AFP PHOTO/ TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images)

Cambodia Wants China as Its Neighborhood Bully

Argument

January 5, 2017, 2:23 PM

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