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On the sidelines, China watches Iran from afar
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
One by one, Chairman Xi Jinping's political leader friends abroad are being whittled down by US military action. First there was President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, and the latest is Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran after he was eliminated by Operation Epic Fury. Yet China can do noth
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PLA leadership crisis deepens- some "general takeaways"
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Chairman Xi Jinping's decision to arrest two of the most senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) leaders - Generals Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli - continues to reverberate. It has stirred debate over the operational capability of China's military, and whether Xi would dare trust it to invade T
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Xi decapitates top military leadership in China
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Chairman Xi Jinping caused shockwaves by arresting the highest military leader inChina - General Zhang Youxia - it was announced on 24 January. Simultaneously, General Liu Zhenli, Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department, had been detained.
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Despite bad weather, China makes hay in 2025
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
China has encountered turbulence in recent years, especially since unleashing COVID-19. However, the year 2025 appeared to be a better one for Chairman Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Much of this can be put down to the world facing tumult, to which President Donald Trum
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Xi takes the win after Trump meeting
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The conflab lasting less than two hours occurred at Gimhae Air Base in Busan. Trump was blessed with a handshake from Chairman Xi Jinping, praise for his role in bringing "world peace", promises from China to buy American products, and a reprieve on rare earth export restrictions.
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Party leaders fall from grace at Fourth Plenum
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chairman Xi Jinping's sweeping purges have drastically reduced attendance at China's Fourth Plenum, with record expulsions from the Communist Party and military ranks. The session emphasized loyalty to Xi, adopted the 15th Five-Year Plan, and reinforced China's goal of achieving moderniza
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PLA flaunts new military tech in parade
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
While missiles proliferated at Chairman Xi Jinping's grand parade through Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on 3 September, there was plenty of other brand new military technology on display too to make eyes bulge and jaws drop.
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China's military goes all out in space
Updated : 8 months ago IST
While China's space program is a source of national pride, its authoritarian leader Chairman Xi Jinping aims to displace the USA as the leading space power. This explains the enormous investment Beijing is pouring into scientific, civil and military space assets.
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Beijing cements its strategic relationship with Moscow
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The leaders of China and Russia met in person yet again on 8 May, as Chairman Xi Jinping visited Russia for the eleventh time to attend a parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II. The tone of the two strongmen has become more confrontational as they present a united fro
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US Commander gives strident warning about China's threat
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Almost everywhere one looks, China is ramping up pressure against neighbours and would-be adversaries. This is happening diplomatically, economically and militarily, even as Chairman Xi Jinping rapidly builds up the combat capabilities of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and prepares Ch
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PLA loses another top dog as Xi purges the military
Updated : 11 months ago IST
According to multiple sources and media reports, Chairman Xi Jinping has recently booted yet another prominent figure out of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). This time, it is none other than the number two behind Xi in the largest military organisation in the world - General He Weidong, t
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China increases the temperature around Taiwan
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Just like the proverbial frog in a pot, who boils to death after the water is heated incrementally, so China under Chairman Xi Jinping is gradually but inexorably ramping up the pressure and heat against Taiwan. By acting in this way, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is normalizing such co
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