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The Han will reciprocate by sending a dozen spy ships to chart SSN coves in the Bay of Bengal and 500 mechanised trawlers to empty it of fish. CKMKB 🖕🏽

Taiwan's coast guard detains a China-linked cargo ship after a nearby undersea cable to the Penghu Islands in the sensitive Taiwan Strait was disconnected reut.rs/3XkKnXp

The Chinese intelligence agency, MSS, is set to expand its operations throughout Pakistan to secure Beijing's investments in Belt and Road projects, which are constantly under threat due to alleged involvement by the Pakistani ISI. Pakistani generals are likely to use this opportunity to entice the U.S. into engaging in a superpower rivalry on their territory, aiming to profit from it, in line with the established precedent of a rent-seeking attitude.

What if Russia were crushed by the US? This Chinese video tackles the issue of potential second Russian disintegration and suggests that in such event of Russia’s collapse, China should rush to seize Russian territories so that they do not harbor US bases.

China's population declined for the second consecutive year in 2023, falling by over two million to 1.4 billion. The country recorded only nine million births, the lowest figure since records started in 1949. indiatoday.in/world/story/ch…

Nothing by treasonous behaviour; it's a shame for anyone to work for a brutal dictatorship.

In a key development for scientific research in China, renowned French physicist and Nobel laureate Gérard Mourou has accepted a prestigious chair professorship at Peking University’s School of Physics.  eurasiantimes.com/chinas-growing…

China has unleashed a swath of stimulus measures including cuts to its benchmark interest rate as Beijing battles a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. ft.com/content/19fa56…

Beijing’s ability to divide Europe has been rather easy to do in Hungary. The ‘boring miracle’ of the European project is in danger of dying by a thousand cuts.

China spends more on chips than any other product and is pouring billions into a chip-building initiative to catch up to the US. At stake is America's military superiority and economic prosperity ndtv.com/opinion/china-…

China has ‘supposedly’ offered J-31 stealth fighters to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). As usual, hyperactive Indian strategists have gone into a tailspin and started suggesting that the IAF examine the ‘unlikely’ offer from the USA of selling F-35s. eurasiantimes.com/j-31-stealth-f…

Standing room only at last evening’s launch of Amb Dilip Sinha’s latest book “Imperial Games in Tibet”

Comrade Trump is making an absolute killing on Chinese social media. Where it seems he's already won the election. Trump is all over the place on Weibo - zillions of trending hashtags, some with over 450 million views, and a non-stop meme machine. On Chinese social media, Trump is widely known as “Comrade Jianguo” (建国同志 [Comrade Build-Country]) This nickname has been in effect for years. “Build the Country Trump” (Chuān Jiànguó, 川建国) usually translates as “Making China Great Again” - as in whatever he does, China ultimately profits. It’s a fascinating process: over the years, the avalanche of playful Trump nicknames actually reflect a blend of mockery and affection. On Weibo, the iconic “fist” pic has been edited in all sorts of ways, for instance depicting Trump as a Communist champ with the caption: “Workers of the world, unite!” (全世界无产者联合起来) And what about this Weibo comment: “I wish Comrade Jianguo a speedy recovery, may he continue to work hard for the ultimate mission entrusted to him by the Party.”

Unfortunately the US Army is made in China. Excellent graphic by @balajis

Rafale-M “A Decade Ahead Of Chinese Naval Jets”, Indian Navy’s Marine Fighters To Be Real ‘Game Changers via @mjavinod . Thank you Sir for your #Analysis eurasiantimes.com/rafale-m-a-dec…

Seems they have realised that the J - 20 doesn't work as expected. China’s latest stealth fighter jet ‘J-31B’ ready for military service scmp.com/news/china/mil…

Seems that the Chinese nationals are disliked in Pakistan and DRC Thank you @LucasADWebber for sharing.

“By some estimates, at least 10,000 members of the party are studying or working in the US. This is a small fraction of its 5.4mn Chinese diaspora but many are in top roles at leading universities and corporations in the technology and finance sectors.”

As China seeks to offset or at the least balance the IAF’s air power advantage, its greatest adverse impact will be on India’s deterrence posture and military capability. It will be a mistake to cede India’s current advantage indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

New video — Marine attack helicopter launched the first live joint air-to-ground munition in the Indo-Pacific The JAGM, a true “fire & forget” capability, fired from an AH-1Z, successfully sank a moving target vessel during an expeditionary strike exercise in the Philippine Sea