China’s top leaders have extended greetings to more than 100 retired Communist Party senior cadres and state leaders ahead of the coming Lunar New Year. President Xi Jinping and other state leaders either visited or deputed others to visit a total of 130 former officials in recent days, according to state news agency Xinhua. Those … Read more
Xue Jianguo, a former executive at one of China’s largest arms manufacturers who later helped push for civilian use of the BeiDou satellite navigation system, is under investigation for alleged corruption. Xue, the former chairman and Communist Party secretary of Harbin First Machinery Group, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of “serious violations of … Read more
For more than two decades, Taiwan’s flagship military television programme Juguang Garden offered a mix of educational equipment demonstrations and light-hearted skits. The programme, which means “rejuvenation”, was designed to appeal to younger service members. In the revamped version of the programme first aired last week, those lighter elements remained but the educational content carried … Read more
Fujian province has become a test bed for mainland China’s push for economic, social and political integration with Taiwan. In this story – the first in a four-part on-the-ground series – Amber Wang details the 15-year integration drive in Fujian’s Pingtan county, which appears to be losing steam as the mainland economy falters, military tensions … Read more
DJI, the world’s biggest maker of consumer drones, intends to build a new global headquarters for its intelligent aviation systems operation in its home city of Shenzhen, according to a plan released recently by the southern tech hub’s municipal government. The plan involves DJI’s acquisition of a 15,658-square-metre plot inside the Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters … Read more
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait will grow in 2025, but the risk of war remains low as the island’s leader, William Lai Ching-te, is expected to direct his energy towards mending internal political divisions, according to a forecast by a Hong Kong-based think tank. Lai’s attention was likely to be focused on the island’s internal … Read more
In 2017, Admiral Miao Hua was a rising general when he became a member of China’s powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) and director of its political work department. Taking over the party-building, ideology and personnel work of the world’s largest army would give Miao a significant say in senior appointments in the People’s Liberation Army … Read more
An annual forum that brings together officials and business representatives from Shanghai and Taipei went ahead on Tuesday after Taiwan denied entry to some mainland Chinese attendees. Speaking at the 15th Taipei-Shanghai Twin-City Forum at a Taipei hotel, Shanghai’s vice-mayor Hua Yuan pledged to encourage people from his city to go on group tours to … Read more
Taiwan has received its first M1A2T Abrams tanks from the United States, which are expected to drastically improve the island’s ability to counter potential amphibious operations by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). A total of 38 of the armoured vehicles, known as the “world’s most powerful tanks”, arrived in Taipei on Sunday night and were … Read more
He made the comments in a speech in January, but some of the contents were only made public on Sunday in an article published in the Central Committee’s theoretical magazine Qiushi. Xi was speaking at January’s plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the top anti-corruption body, where he said all party … Read more
