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Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize. [1]

SHANGHAI, China — Chinese navy ships are visiting Burma and will conduct communications, search and rescue, and other joint exercises with the Burma Navy, China’s defense ministry said on Saturday. [2]

BEIJING -- "If you wanna know what China's gonna do, best pay attention to the shi san wu, the shi san wu." EconomyCatchy tune can't hide 5-year plan's flaws President Xi Jinping, center, attends the G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, in November. [3]

China and Thailand are holding ‘Blue Strike-2023’ joint naval training in Chonburi and in the Gulf of Thailand September 1-10. The official opening ceremony took place at Chuk [4]

BEIJING—China warned on Wednesday it was ready for war if there was any move toward Taiwan’s independence, accusing the United States of undermining global stability and denouncing its arms sales to the self-ruled island. [5]

AFP China’s defence ministry said Friday that any drills it may hold around Taiwan “are decided by us alone”, as Taipei announced the apparent end of massive military exercises not formally declared by Beijing. [6]

BEIJING—Three decades after China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, increased government suppression of rights activism has pushed the demonstrators’ original goals further away than ever. [7]

China’s defence ministry accuses Taiwan’s leadership of “hyping up” claims that Beijing is interfering in the self-ruled island’s upcoming presidential election. [8]

Note: This briefing is based on limited source coverage. The evidence may be incomplete or outdated.

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-06-19 · 37% match

Analysis: Xi Jinping reaches out to his fellow 'red aristocrats'

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-05-20 · 52% match

Chinese Navy Ships Visit Burma for Joint Exercises

SHANGHAI, China — Chinese navy ships are visiting Burma and will conduct communications, search and rescue, and other joint exercises with the Burma Navy, China’s defense ministry said on Saturday.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-12-07 · 40% match

Catchy tune can't hide 5-year plan's flaws

BEIJING -- "If you wanna know what China's gonna do, best pay attention to the shi san wu, the shi san wu." EconomyCatchy tune can't hide 5-year plan's flaws President Xi Jinping, center, attends the G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, in November.

[4] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2023-09-05 · 40% match

Thailand-China ‘Blue Strike-2023’ training in Sattahip

China and Thailand are holding ‘Blue Strike-2023’ joint naval training in Chonburi and in the Gulf of Thailand September 1-10. The official opening ceremony took place at Chuk

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-07-25 · 40% match

China Warns of War in Case of Move Towards Taiwan Independence

BEIJING—China warned on Wednesday it was ready for war if there was any move toward Taiwan’s independence, accusing the United States of undermining global stability and denouncing its arms sales to the self-ruled island.

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-12-14 · 40% match

China says any drills around Taiwan ‘decided by us alone’

AFP China’s defence ministry said Friday that any drills it may hold around Taiwan “are decided by us alone”, as Taipei announced the apparent end of massive military exercises not formally declared by Beijing.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-06-03 · 40% match

Thirty Years After Tiananmen, Protesters’ Goals Further Away Than Ever

BEIJING—Three decades after China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, increased government suppression of rights activism has pushed the demonstrators’ original goals further away than ever.

[8] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2023-12-29 · 40% match

China says Taiwan ‘hyping up’ election interference claims

China’s defence ministry accuses Taiwan’s leadership of “hyping up” claims that Beijing is interfering in the self-ruled island’s upcoming presidential election.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-12-20 · 40% 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.

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