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  • Taiwan monitoring 'abnormal' China military leadership changes after top general put under investigation

    02/01/2026 11:41:34 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    Taiwan will use a range of joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance methods, as well as intelligence-sharing, to "grasp" China's possible intentions, says its defence minister.Taiwan is monitoring what it called "abnormal" changes to China's military leadership after its most senior general was put under investigation, and will not lower its guard as the threat level remains high, the defence minister said on Monday (Jan 26). China announced on Saturday that Zhang Youxia, second-in-command under President Xi Jinping as vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, and another senior officer, Liu Zhenli, were under investigation ⁠for suspected serious violations of discipline and...
  • Xi Jinping’s latest purge should worry the world: Installing his yes-men to lead the army could be dangerous for Taiwan

    01/29/2026 5:16:12 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 35 replies
    The Economist ^ | 01/29/2026
    “IN AN UNCERTAIN world, China is the biggest certainty.” So proclaimed a Chinese spokesman in December. Amid a war in Europe, turmoil in the Middle East and America’s rewriting of the geopolitical order, some in the West may be inclined to agree. As The Economist went to press, Britain’s prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, was visiting China’s president, Xi Jinping, the latest among a series of Western leaders who have headed to Beijing in search of deals and dependability. Yet in recent days politics in China has proved anything but certain. On January 24th the defence ministry said that the...
  • As Generals Fall, Xi Jinping’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Is Eating Itself

    01/28/2026 3:33:27 PM PST · by marktwain · 20 replies
    Revista de Prensa ^ | January 28, 2026 | Deng Yuwen
    Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, two of the most powerful military leaders in China, are now officially in custody. Rumors have buzzed in the Chinese diaspora for days, but the speed still comes as a shock; usually there’s a far longer gap between the detention of leaders and the official announcement of their fate. The crux of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political language is not what it says, but when it says it—and to whom. People’s Liberation Army (PLA) mouthpieces have accused Zhang and Liu of having “seriously trampled on and undermined the system of ultimate responsibility resting with the...