Jude Blanchette is one of the country's most respected China scholars, and currently holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. His work has focused on China’s political environment, the workings of the Communist Party and its impact on foreign companies and investors. His 2019 book, China’s New Red Guards, examined the revival of support for Maoism and nationalism in contemporary China. Blanchette hosts a regular podc