Established in 2003, China Security is a quarterly English-language policy journal that expresses diverse Chinese views on a range of security issues of importance to China, Asia, Sino-American relations,
and the world. With offices in both Beijing and Washington, we draw from specialists in all major policy research and analysis centers inChina, including academic institutions, think tanks, the government,
the military and media. We also invite top U.S.-China experts to submit articles in order to provide balance and promote dialogue.

China Security is a peer-reviewed, referenced, interdisciplinary publication with editorial independence. While readers may agree or disagree with the ideas presented in any one issue, it is our purpose to present a diversity of views rather than forward a particular body of beliefs.

The mission of China Security is important: while the Sino-U.S. relationship will crucially define international security in the 21st century, there is a lack of access in Washington to Chinese thinking and analysis regarding the vital issues that impact this relationship.

American experts and pundits on China abound, but there is a limit to their understanding of China – and in many cases a lack of objectivity – for a variety of cultural and political reasons. The policy community in the United States needs a platform dedicated to providing a Chinese perspective on issues that will shape bilateral relations in the decades ahead.

By exposing American and Western audiences to original Chinese thinkers, China Security provides an alternative perspective to the dominant U.S.-centric view of China and contributes to a healthy dialogue that advances new ideas for improving relations. The journal also seeks to stimulate the policy discourse within China, and to foster independent contributions to the internal Chinese debate over the nation's future course. We hope to build a network of scholars who grasp the multidisciplinary nature of many of China's and the world's security challenges, and understand the need for a range of specialists to participate in solving problems whose transnational and non-military character often defy straightforward policy remedies.

China Security is published by The World Security Institute (WSI), an nonprofit think tank respected for its unbiased research, commentary and journalism. WSI's projects and publications are funded by thousands of individuals, and by foundations and corporations who are committed to WSI's innovative approach to global affairs.