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China’s ongoing military corruption purges have created serious deficiencies in the command structure of its armed forces and are likely to have affected the readiness of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), according to a leading defence research centre. The purges, led by the Chinese president Xi Jinping, which have spanned the supreme central military commission,…
The US intel body, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has released a new Chinese-language video aimed at recruiting potential informants within China’s military establishment, drawing a sharp response from Beijing, which vowed to take “all necessary measures” against foreign espionage activities.The video, published on the CIA’s YouTube channel on Thursday, depicts a fictional mid-level officer in…
“Sab marr jaayenge, sirf Trivedi bachega.”That line from the OTT series ‘Sacred Games’ has lingered in India’s pop culture as shorthand for ruthless consolidation. But in China, it captures the logic now governing PLA’s top military ranks.Driving the news Over the weekend, President Xi Jinping ordered investigations into Gen Zhang Youxia and Gen. Liu Zhenli,…
The extreme precision of the US in its Venezuelan operation has many analysts debating whether China could be able to execute a similar surgical strike. Driving the news The rapid US operation that removed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro from Caracas in under three hours on January 3 sent shockwaves far beyond Latin America.In China, the…
TL;DR: Driving the newsGlobal arms revenues surged to an all-time high of $679 billion in 2024, up 5.9% in real terms, according to the latest SIPRI Top 100 ranking. While Europe and the US drove most of the increase, Asia and Oceania stood out as the only region to post a decline—largely due to a…
Assam Rifles vehicle after an ambush in Nambol Sabal area last month NEW DELHI: Intelligence agencies suspect that last month’s attack on an Assam Rifles convoy in Nambol, Manipur, may have been a politically motivated “contract killing.” Officials, quoted by PTI, say it could have been aimed at destabilising the state’s fragile situation, undermining President’s…
