Charles Parton

Charles Parton OBE is a James Cook Associate Fellow in Indo-Pacific Geopolitics at the Council on Geostrategy. He spent 22 years of his 37-year diplomatic career in the British Diplomatic Service working in or on China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Charlie Parton

The ‘10 Be Clears’: Clarifying relations with China

Charles Parton OBE lays out ten suggestions for dealing with the threat posed by China under the CCP in a mini-strategy

Is China a threat?

Charles Parton OBE explores the nature of the threat posed by the CCP and strategies it uses for building the capability to carry out its aims

The 20th Party Congress: What it means for the CCP and the world

Charles Parton OBE assesses the 20th Party Congress and explains what it means for the Chinese Communist Party and the wider world.

The CCP’s 20th Party Congress: What to look out for

Charles Parton OBE dissects the workings of a Chinese Communist Party Congress and what to watch for at the 20th

Addressing Britain’s China challenge

Charles Parton OBE details how HM Government should set about dealing with the challenge posed by China in the short- and long-term

Taiwan: Invasion is not likely, but deterrence remains vital

Charles Parton OBE argues that an invasion of Taiwan by the CCP is still not likely despite rising tensions across the Taiwan Strait

‘Beidaihe meeting’: does it take place and does this matter?

Charles Parton OBE disputes the existence of a secret annual high-level meeting in the Chinese coastal resort Beidaihe

Charles Parton OBE discusses Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

Our Associate Fellow is interviewed on BBC Today about how the Chinese Communist Party might respond to Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

The significance of Xi Jinping’s visit to Hong Kong

Charles Parton OBE examines Xi Jinping’s visit to Hong Kong and where the city stands 25 years after the handover

China’s Communist Youth League: Eternally young at a hundred

Charles Parton OBE examines how Xi Jinping sees the Communist Youth League at 100 as crucial for winning the hearts and minds of the young