The China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)  https://usnwc.edu/Research-and-Wargaming/Research-Centers/China-Maritime-Studies-Institute

Is a U.S. Naval War College organization focusing on assisting the Navy and Marine Corps in understanding how China builds and uses maritime power in the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere.

CMSI research focuses on Chinese language primary source literature; publishes books, monographs, and articles on Chinese maritime developments; advises current naval, joint, and civilian national security

policymakers from the military, National Intelligence Council, National Security Council, and Congress; educates future civilian and military national security policy makers through engaging with Naval War College

curriculum, and engages with U.S. allies and partners through collaborating with wider academic and professional communities.  CMSI has produced two monographic series which can be found in CGP including China Maritime Studies

Red Books D 208.213 and China Maritime Reports D 208.213/2.  Seventeen Red Books have been produced so far with representative titles including  The Dragon Eyes The Top of the World:   Arctic Policy Debate and Discussion in China  

https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo15829 and Beyond the First Battle:  Overcoming a Protracted Blockade of Taiwan https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo212329.  Nineteen Maritime Reports have been produced with representative titles including

Chinese Ferry Tales: The PLA’s Use of Civilian Shipping in Support of Over-the-Shore Log             https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo184530and The PLA Airborne Corps in a Joint Island Landing Campaign https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo177084  Additional information about CMSI events, scholars, and their publications can also be found on their website.  Some CMSI events can be found on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=china+maritime+studies+institute   Areas near China are key players in international trade, shipping, energy, environmental, and military developments.  CMSI resources should prove very helpful to users seeking in-depth study and analysis of these issues.   This blog post was submitted by: Bert Chapman, Purdue University.