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China flexes blockade capabilities near Taiwan on second day of military drills

China’s People’s Liberation Army is staging a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2025

China's Military Encircles Taiwan In 'Warning' Drills

Beijing has not ruled out using force to bring Taiwan under its control and Monday's drills represent its fourth round of large-scale war games in just over two years.

Latin Times · Oct 14, 2024

China conducts military drills around Taiwan in warning to island’s president

PLA and Chinese coastguard approach Taiwan by sea and air in move linked by state media to ‘separatist’ National Day speech

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2024

G20 in Delhi, US ties, Global South leadership: Decoding Beijing worldview through Chinese press

China’s responses to the recently-concluded G20 Summit in New Delhi merits scrutiny given the tensions in bilateral relations, but also because it is a major regional and global player that has the ability to influence matters even in absentia. And it was the absence of Chinese President Xi Jinping from…

Newslaundry · Oct 3, 2023

Loyal and experienced, China's other top leaders take posts

With Chinese leader Xi Jinping receiving a norms-breaking third five-year term as president, the other six men who serve with him on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee are taking up their new portfolios

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023

China's other top leaders bring loyalty to Xi, experience

Six men sit alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, handling major portfolios from propaganda to corruption fighting

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

China's Xi thanks late leader Jiang Zemin for ensuring party's survival from 'storms'

Chinese President Xi Jinping paid tribute to former leader Jiang Zemin on Tuesday for ensuring the Communist Party's survival from "political storms" and reforming it to inject new vitality and modernise the country's economy.

Reuters · Dec 6, 2022

President Xi Jinping: Who could replace him and what might it mean for the world

Disapproval of the leader is spreading as the population becomes angered by China's strict zero-Covid policy

Wales Online · Dec 1, 2022

Xi Jinping and the Paradox of Power

What Mao’s failures reveal about centralizing control.

Foreign Affairs · Nov 21, 2022

Even Now, Standing Supreme, Xi Has Limits to His Power

The very loyalists that have facilitated Xi Jinping’s rise could yet provide a constraint to his ambition.

The News Lens · Oct 27, 2022