Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) remarks to Brown University’s Watson School’s “China Chat”. Providence, Rhode Island, 2 December 2025. "It is human to imagine that change lays bare the ambitions of those who benefit from it. China has successfully returned to wealth and power. But there is little evidence that, in doing so, the Chinese have sought anything other than their own enrichment, international respect, national unity, and reassurance against renewed subjugation by foreigners. We Americans nonetheless fear our eclipse. Our fears are augmented by our lapse into xenophobia and authoritarianism." Read his whole speech 👇

Ceding the Future to China

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) remarks to Brown University’s Watson School’s “China Chat”. Providence, Rhode Island, 2 Decemb...

"Since 2014, Xi Jinping has tackled corruption and questionable loyalties in the military without hesitation but with great caution. Chinese people I have met have praised him for massively reducing corruption not only in the military but also in many other areas of society."

How Disciplinary Cases Turn into Coup Fantasies

Why Western media keep producing false narratives about China – and why this time they are especially absurd.