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PLA leadership crisis deepens- some "general takeaways"
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks 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, 4 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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Joe Biden, Xi Jinping plan to hold talks soon, says White House
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The call, likely to be held prior to the US presidential elections this November, was discussed between Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during their two-day meeting in Yanqi Lake, Beijing on August 27-28.
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China will show no mercy towards Taiwan's independence: CMC Vice Chairman
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A top Chinese military official has said China will show no mercy towards Taiwan's independence. This comes despite turmoil in the top ranks of the country's armed forces, Voice of America (VOA) reported.
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China says ready to work with Russia to address security threats
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
China has said it is ready to work with Russia to actively respond to various security threats and challenges and jointly safeguard global strategic balance and stability, Chinese state media agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
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Li Qiang becomes China's new premier
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Li Qiang will replace Li Keqiang, who became premier in 2013 with high hopes that he would usher in liberal reforms. But his power was curbed by Xi, who increasingly sidelined Li Keqiang and placed allies in key strategic positions over him.
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"All the king's men" - emperor Xi reigns supreme in China
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Most spectacular, mystifying and alarming part of the Central Committee meeting on 23 October was the forcible removal of former president Hu Jintao from the Great Hall of the People from the seat at Xi's left hand.
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Stop attacks on Chinese nationals in Pakistan, Beijing tells Gen Bajwa
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Highlighting the attacks on Chinese nationals in Pakistan, Beijing on Sunday asked Pakistan's Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa to stop attacks on its nationals who are working on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects in the Balochistan region.
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