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Divisions at the top raise questions about Xi's confidence in the PLA
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Indeed, despite unrelenting directives calling for loyalty to the CCP, Xi must be wondering whether he can trust the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to perform its duty - of which an invasion of Taiwan would be the ultimate order. Conversely, the PLA may well be nervous at the direction that
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Xi Jinping derailed China's path to global power: Report
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Chinese President Xi Jinping, under his leadership, ended up dismantling the collective leadership system, soured Beijing's relations with most of its neighbours and set the country on a collision course with the United States, Robert Wihtol said in a report in the think tank, The National I
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China’s list of disappearing leaders continues to grow
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
First it was China’s top diplomat, then the commander and political commissar of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), and now the country’s minister of defense. The list of disappearing leaders just continues to mount, as Beijing draws a veil of secrecy over the obvious failure
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Another one bites dust, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu under investig
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In the latest episode of top Beijing official facing purges, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu — who has not been seen in weeks — is being investigated for corruption and likely will be removed, The Washington Post reported citing two US officials.
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China agitates neighbors as it maps out territorial claims
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
On August 28, China’s Ministry of Natural Resources published a “standard map” of China, which amounted to a unilateral assertion of whatever territory it wants to claim. Beijing said the new version was introduced to “eliminate problem maps”, but China has s
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China attempts to hide bleak data as Xi’s reputation plummets
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Authoritarian regimes must carefully control information, and China is extremely good at this. Yet, to ward off criticisms at home and abroad, Beijing has taken more severe steps to reduce the flow of data harmful to the CCP
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15th BRICS Summit: Chinese President Xi Jinping reaches Johannesburg
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to Xinhua, Xi said upon touchdown that he is very glad to visit South Africa again and looks forward to having in-depth exchanges of views with Ramaphosa on deepening China-South Africa relations and issues of common interest.
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China shifts PLA's nuke missiles strategy toward “nuclear triad”: Analysts
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The rejig at China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force points to a paradigm shift in Xi’s nuclear strategy toward the so-called “nuclear triad” – a three-pronged force that allows nuclear missiles to be launched from the air, sea, and land &nd
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Uyghurs commemorate Urumqi massacre, hold protest in Austria against Chine
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Uyghur community in Austria protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in Vienna demanding an end to the persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim communities in Beijing
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China circles the wagons as resistance abroad intensifies
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Chairman Xi Jinping possibly thought China would continue its upward trajectory indefinitely. After all, he muses in the socialist ideology that bears his immortal name, the West is in decline and China is on the rise. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is facing all sorts of unexpec
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Hong Kong national security police issue bounty for democracy activists
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong police issued bounties on eight democracy activists in self-imposed exile abroad on Monday, promising HK dollars 1 million in rewards for information leading to their arrests, reported CNN.
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China warily watches wobbly Russia after Wagner mutiny
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Russia in maintaining national stability and achieving development and prosperity." That was it! When Tsar Vladimir Putin was facing his severest threat, Beijing maintained an eerie silence. Simultaneously, President Erdogan of Turkey publicly supported Putin and proffered help, while Iran o
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