Dean Cheng

Senior Research Fellow

Dean Cheng brings detailed knowledge of China’s military and space capabilities to bear as The Heritage Foundation’s research fellow on Chinese political and security affairs. Read his research.

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    NASA Scores Bullseye on Asteroid With Unusual Mission

    Dean Cheng
    NASA successfully conducted a test Monday in which the agency deliberately ran a spacecraft into the smaller of two asteroids to alter the trajectory of that asteroid. The space agency’s successful test, called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, involved advanced technologies. The spacecraft hit the smaller “moonlet” at some 14,760 mph—a speed substantially…
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    Blinken in Multiverse of Biden Madness, China Edition
    Dean Cheng
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    China, Russia, and Ukraine: It’s Folly to Think Beijing Will Work With West
    Dean Cheng
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    Looking to the Stars in 2022
    Dean Cheng
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    Unproductive Xi-Biden Summit Sets Stage for Deeper Rift in US-Chinese Relations
    Dean Cheng
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    Xi Jinping’s Taiwan Saber-Rattling Is All About Shoring Up Domestic Power
    Dean Cheng
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    How Might China Exploit Afghanistan Debacle?
    Dean Cheng
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    Red China Reaches Red Planet as Beijing Joins Mars Club
    Dean Cheng
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    No, NASA Shouldn’t Get in Bed With China’s Space Program
    Dean Cheng
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    What the Story Behind Xi Jinping, Jack Ma, and the Ant Group IPO Says About China’s Economic Future
    Dean Cheng
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    China’s Next ‘5-Year Plan’ Likely to Increase Animosity Between Washington and Beijing
    Riley Walters
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    As It Gains Strength and Prestige, China’s Air Force Increasingly Takes Center Stage
    Dean Cheng
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    Outer Space and Private Property
    Dean Cheng
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    What the Potential Crisis on the Yangtze Means for China and the World
    Dean Cheng
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    Closure of China’s Consulate in Houston Signals Continuing Decline in US-China Relations
    Dean Cheng
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    Asia’s Space Age
    Dean Cheng
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    Canada OKs Huawei Exec’s Extradition to US to Face Bank Fraud Charges
    Dean Cheng
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    Chinese Leadership Corrupts Another UN Organization
    Brett Schaefer
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    How to Hold China Accountable for COVID-19
    Riley Walters
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    The Consequences of China’s Coronavirus Secrecy
    Dean Cheng
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    For the Chinese, Political Warfare Is War by Other Means
    Dean Cheng
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    Expelling US Journalists, China Escalates Political Warfare Over Coronavirus
    Dean Cheng
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    China Fires Shot Across Bow With New Aircraft Carrier
    Dean Cheng
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    What China’s New Lunar Mission Means for the US
    Dean Cheng
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    In a War With China, the US Could Lose
    Dean Cheng
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    The Space Force Is Coming. Here’s Why the US Needs It.
    Dean Cheng
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    Beijing Doth Protest Too Much. US Arms Sales to Taiwan Are Right Thing to Do.
    Dean Cheng
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    Pentagon Report Shows China’s Growing Military Capabilities
    Dean Cheng
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    What China’s Moon Mission Means for the United States
    Dean Cheng
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    China Copes With Insecurity by Boosting National Security Spending
    Dean Cheng
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    Xi Jinping Amasses Mao-Like Power in China
    Dean Cheng
    • Opinion

    The Federal Government Shouldn’t Build a 5G Network
    Diane Katz
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    What China’s New Leadership Cohort Means for the US
    Dean Cheng
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    Trump’s Message for China
    Dean Cheng
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    Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Draws Harder Lines at Outset of Second Term
    Dean Cheng
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    Trump Gives Important Military Backing to Taiwan
    Dean Cheng
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    Trump Signals New US Approach to China With Tough Actions
    Dean Cheng
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    How Instability in the Taiwan Straits Strains the US Position in Asia
    Dean Cheng
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    As Rex Tillerson Heads to Asia, Here’s Where the Region Stands
    Dean Cheng
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    China’s Seizure of US Navy Drone Tests Trump
    Dean Cheng
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    Obama Makes Clear It’s Better to Be America’s Adversary Than Ally
    Dean Cheng
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    Flying the Unfriendly Skies: China’s Dangerous Behavior
    Dean Cheng
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    Troubled Waters Ahead for US and China in the Asia-Pacific Region
    Dean Cheng
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    Despite Rising Tensions in Southeast Asia, US Still Projecting Uncertainty
    Dean Cheng
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    China’s Challenge to International Cybersecurity
    Dean Cheng
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    China Flexes Its Military Muscles While America Does Nothing
    Dean Cheng
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    China Hikes Defense Budget by 7.6 Percent
    Dean Cheng
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    China Has Raised the Stakes in South China Sea With Surface-to-Air Missile Batteries
    Dean Cheng
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    US Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea
    Dean Cheng
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    China Announces Third Major Military Reform Measure
    Dean Cheng
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    Chinese Military Announces Major Changes in Organization
    Dean Cheng
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    Taiwan Holds Fourth Democratic Transition
    Dean Cheng
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