Ep 229: Nadège Rolland on China’s Borderlands

School of War · Sep 9, 2025 · 48m

Nadège Rolland, Distinguished Fellow, China Studies, at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and principal investigator for the Mapping China's Borderlands: Dashboard, joins the show to discuss the shifting visions China has of its frontiers.

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• 01:35 Introduction

• 02:34 What is “China?”

• 10:26 Sovereignty

• 19:30 Double translation

• 25:25 Capillaries

• 34:37 Imperial messaging

• 42:36 Prioritization

We also discuss Nadège’s 2020 report - China's Vision for a New World Order.

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