8 h. ago To win wars, PLA must fight corruption, China’s military mouthpiece declares

Following a reshuffle at a Communist Party conclave that endorsed continuing China’s military anti-corruption drive, the mouthpiece of the People’s Liberation Army said on Friday that political loyalty and fighting corruption were crucial for winning wars. At the fourth plenum of the party’s Central Committee, which concluded on Thursday, the military’s anti-corruption chief Zhang Shengmin was promoted to vice-chair of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) headed by President Xi...

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5 d. ago China expels nine senior officials from the Communist Party in anti

China expels nine senior officials from the Communist Party in anti-corruption drive  France 24

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6 d. ago Sacked Chinese generals ‘disloyal’, dealt ‘serious blow’ to military: PLA Daily

China has accused the nine generals expelled from the Communist Party on Friday of seriously undermining the principle that the military should be loyal to the party, saying that they dealt a serious blow to the unity of the armed forces and the image of senior officers. In an editorial published on Saturday, military mouthpiece PLA Daily said the disgraced nine – including He Weidong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a member of the 24-man Politburo – had been...

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7 d. ago China expels two top military leaders from Communist Party in anti

China expels two top military leaders from Communist Party in anti-corruption purge  Reuters

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7 d. ago China Ousts Top Military Officials as Xi Widens Corruption Purge

China Ousts Top Military Officials as Xi Widens Corruption Purge  Bloomberg.com

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7 d. ago China’s No 2 general He Weidong expelled from the Communist Party

China’s second-ranked military general has become the latest in a series of top brass to come under investigation for corruption, China’s Ministry of National Defence announced on Friday. He Weidong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a member of the 24-man Politburo, was expelled from the Communist Party and the army, the ministry said. He is the first serving member of the present Politburo, the Communist Party’s top decision-making body, to face such an...

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7 d. ago China expels He Weidong, Miao Hua and 7 other generals from party and military

China’s second-ranked military general has become the latest in a series of top brass to come under investigation for corruption, China’s Ministry of National Defence announced on Friday. He Weidong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a member of the 24-man Politburo, was expelled from the Communist Party and the army, the ministry said. He is the first serving member of the present Politburo, the Communist Party’s top decision-making body, to face such an...

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9 d. ago China, Betting It Can Win a Trade War, Is Playing Hardball With Trump

China, Betting It Can Win a Trade War, Is Playing Hardball With Trump  The Wall Street Journal

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1 week ago China’s exports rebound, military mouthpiece’s PLA vow: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s exports defy expectations in September under weight of trade war uncertainty China’s exports rebounded in September after hitting a six-month low in August, supported by recovering overseas demand and front-loading ahead of the “super golden week” holiday – though the latest flare-up with the United States over the weekend has renewed uncertainty...

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1 week ago ‘Deep integration’ of Chinese military will overcome weaknesses: PLA mouthpiece

China’s military mouthpiece has called for greater efforts to address what it says are deficiencies in the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) integrated joint operational capabilities. On Monday, a commentary in the PLA Daily said China’s military had not yet achieved “deep integration” of “equipment, battlefields, personnel and training conditions”, causing shortcomings in joint operations. To overcome weaknesses in the operational system, PLA commanders at all levels should “systematically...

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1 week ago China’s military paper urges ‘deep integration’ to beat joint operation weakness

China’s military mouthpiece has called for greater efforts to address what it says are deficiencies in the People’s Liberation Army’s integrated joint operational capabilities. In a commentary on Monday, the PLA Daily said China’s military had yet to achieve a “deep integration” of “equipment, battlefields, personnel and training conditions”, which was causing shortcomings in joint operations. To overcome such weaknesses, PLA commanders at all levels should “systematically strengthen the...

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1 week ago China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

When Alibaba Group Holding’s CEO Eddie Wu Yongming took the stage at the company’s annual Apsara conference in Hangzhou on September 24, few people expected the media-shy executive to deliver anything shocking, especially since he read from prepared statements at last year’s event. Wu, however, immediately outlined a clear road map for Alibaba’s AI development, with a goal towards so-called artificial superintelligence (ASI) – when the firm’s Qwen open-source models and cloud services would...

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2 w. ago Australia/China/France • English book about DGSE on way, Australia

Australia/China/France • English book about DGSE on way, Australia-India defence conclave, DRSD in Strasbourg, China and 'invisible' corruption  Intelligence Online

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3 w. ago China sentences former agri minister to death on corruption charges

China sentences former agri minister to death on corruption charges  Inquirer.net

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