MERICS China Podcast: China’s National Security White Paper, with Katja Drinhausen und Helena Legarda

With an uncertain geopolitical environment and ongoing competition with the US and Europe, national security has become even more important than before in China. So much so that Beijing published its first National Security White Paper in May of 2025.

How has Beijing’s approach to security changed under the changing international environment? What new risks does the paper identify domestically and internationally? And what implications does it have for Europe? In this episode of the MERICS China Podcast, Katja Drinhausen, Head of Program Politics and Society at MERICS, and Helena Legarda, Lead Analyst at MERICS join Johannes Heller-John to answer these questions.

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