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[GulfLander]

Just a bit of trivia here. According to an Indian officer quoted by the Economist, China's pace of border development is 4x faster than India's.

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Ammunition dumps? Thought CN and India agree on only using "primitive weapons"?

 

[Wrought]

Ammunition dumps? Thought CN and India agree on only using "primitive weapons"?

Yes, they did. The ammo dumps (and airbases, and artillery, and all the rest) on both sides are there in case the agreement fails.

 

[Katsuragi_]

PLA's Aerospace, Cyberspace, Information Support, and Joint Logistics Support Forces have been assigned new flag patches.

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[ACuriousPLAFan]

A great move indeed, couldn't come soon enough. Hopefully, this would permeate through the CMC and high-ranking officials of the PLA as well.

Beijing Accelerates Clearance of ‘Naked Officials’ from Top Ranks

• In late 2025, Beijing initiated a systemic clearance of “naked officials”—those with spouses or children residing abroad—from senior leadership ranks, marking a decisive shift from previous restrictions to summary removal.
• This campaign aims to eliminate coercion vulnerabilities by compelling senior functionaries to repatriate immediate family members or face ouster, thereby neutralizing potential Western leverage.
• By prioritizing political security, Beijing is actively constructing a human capital firewall, accelerating its decoupling from the West, and signaling the end of the reform-era technocratic governance model.

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[janmichaeldave]

Should include those with overseas bank accounts as well.

 

[sutton999]

A great move indeed, couldn't come soon enough. Hopefully, this would permeate through the CMC and high-ranking officials of the PLA as well.

Beijing Accelerates Clearance of ‘Naked Officials’ from Top Ranks

• In late 2025, Beijing initiated a systemic clearance of “naked officials”—those with spouses or children residing abroad—from senior leadership ranks, marking a decisive shift from previous restrictions to summary removal.
• This campaign aims to eliminate coercion vulnerabilities by compelling senior functionaries to repatriate immediate family members or face ouster, thereby neutralizing potential Western leverage.
• By prioritizing political security, Beijing is actively constructing a human capital firewall, accelerating its decoupling from the West, and signaling the end of the reform-era technocratic governance model.

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10 years too late, a lot of damage has been done.

 

[SanWenYu]

10 years too late, a lot of damage has been done.

Well, the big boss himself had his daughter studied in Harvard until 2015. And there has been even a rumour that she then went back in 2019 for a PhD course.

 

[Jono]

A whole lot of difference between studying and residing abroad.
Younger officials studying abroad is to be encouraged to enhance their understanding of how foreigners think and act which should help them better enabled to interact with foreign officials in the future.
But residing abroad shows where your allegiance lies....

 

[SanWenYu]

A whole lot of difference between studying and residing abroad.
Younger officials studying abroad is to be encouraged to enhance their understanding of how foreigners think and act which should help them better enabled to interact with foreign officials in the future.
But residing abroad shows where your allegiance lies....

The key words in that Jamestown piece are "to eliminate coercion vulnerabilities". No difference whether you were "residing" or "studying" in the US when CIA wanted to abduct you.

 

[broadsword]

The key words in that Jamestown piece are "to eliminate coercion vulnerabilities". No difference whether you were "residing" or "studying" in the US when CIA wanted to abduct you.

But the committee has already made the distinction.