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AFP China’s announcement its top general was under investigation stunned defence watchers, hollowing out the country’s top military body and confirming President Xi Jinping’s far-reaching power. [1]

For over a decade, China has established itself as a major global arms supplier, offering military hardware at prices often far below those of Western competitors. [2]

Indo-PacificNo China-U.S. talks, NATO in Asia: 5 takeaways from Shangri-La summit Philippines, Indonesia also make headlines amid growing security concerns Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu says that exchanges with the U.S. [3]

Sun Lee On January 24, 2026, China’s Ministry of National Defence released a four-line statement confirming that General Zhang Youxia, Xi Jinping’s second-in-command, childhood acquaintance, and the man Xi himself elevated to the highest operational ... [4]

Sun Lee The call from President Xi Jinping to the Chinese military to combat corruption and focus on the ability to win wars point to the threat posed to the Chinese armed forces by growing corruption. [5]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2026-02-05 · 100% match

Zhang Youxia: veteran princeling caught in China’s military purge

AFP China’s announcement its top general was under investigation stunned defence watchers, hollowing out the country’s top military body and confirming President Xi Jinping’s far-reaching power.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-05-30 · 97% match

The Hidden Costs of Relying on Chinese Military Hardware

For over a decade, China has established itself as a major global arms supplier, offering military hardware at prices often far below those of Western competitors.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-06-05 · 97% match

No China-U.S. talks, NATO in Asia: 5 takeaways from Shangri-La summit

Indo-PacificNo China-U.S. talks, NATO in Asia: 5 takeaways from Shangri-La summit Philippines, Indonesia also make headlines amid growing security concerns Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu says that exchanges with the U.S.

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2026-03-19 · 94% match

The Political Logic of China’s Never-Ending Anti-Corruption Purge

Sun Lee On January 24, 2026, China’s Ministry of National Defence released a four-line statement confirming that General Zhang Youxia, Xi Jinping’s second-in-command, childhood acquaintance, and the man Xi himself elevated to the highest operational

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-12-20 · 94% match

Giant with feet of clay: Corruption puts a question mark on the ability of the Chinese armed forces to fight a war

Sun Lee The call from President Xi Jinping to the Chinese military to combat corruption and focus on the ability to win wars point to the threat posed to the Chinese armed forces by growing corruption.

[6] TH thediplomat.com · 81% match

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu’s Visit to India: Impact on China-India Relations

China’s Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu traveled to New Delhi, India, on April 27-28 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers’ Meeting hosted by India, which holds the rotating chairmanship of the organization.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-07-15 · 49% match

Fraser Howie - China's financial reforms need new champions

Few if any Chinese financial policymakers are as well respected as Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-09-25 · 46% match

Beijing Bound: Myanmar Transport Minister Joins Race to China

Junta deputy prime minister General Mya Tun Oo is currently in Beijing, becoming the ninth junta minister to visit China this month.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-05-15 · 45% match

Yingluck sowed the seeds of her downfall

BANGKOK -- "I carried out my duties with pride as the people's prime minister during my two-year nine-month tenure," Yingluck Shinawatra said in a May 7 television address after the Constitutional Court took away her title.

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-12-10 · 44% match

China’s puppet mastery in Myanmar, becomes driver for junta elections for 2025

Sun Lee China has literally made Myanmar’s military junta kowtow to it. China, which has always maintained that it does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, has openly supported the junta’s planned 2025 elections, thereby exposin

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