Documenting China’s Borderlands – 2025 Recap and Look Ahead to 2026
About this episode
This episode reviews the findings of NBR’s Mapping China’s Strategic Space: Borderlands project and discusses future developments for 2026.
From the National Bureau of Asian Research, an Asia Insight miniseries exploring the geostrategic significance of China’s borderlands, led by Nadège Rolland, Distinguished Fellow for China Studies at NBR. In this special episode, NBR Project Manager Alayna Bone sits down with NBR Distinguished Fellow for China Studies Nadège Rolland to look back at NBR’s Mapping China’s Strategic Space: Borderlands project, what we have learned so far, and to share some highlights of what is in store for 2026.
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