This sounds like a decision Liu He would take. One of the biggest doves and appeasers in the Politburo. Luckily the man will retire in March 2023.
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During Winter Olympics, Kazakhstan invited Xi for a state visit. Other than the reclusive Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan is the Central Asian economy least dependent on Russia, and given the energy price I think Kazakhstan is going to have plenty of cash for military modernization. It has a bigger GDP than Ukraine and shockingly not much smaller than Pakistan. It only spends less than 1% of GDP on defense. Big room for improvement.
Kazakhstan already operates Wing Loongs. Additional units would be smart. HQ-9 and/or HQ-22 export units too. There's the potential that they could become the second buyer of J-10CE if they want to go all-in. They will likely buy more Western transport aircraft (helicopter or fixed wings) to develop defense ties with the West, but I don't expect them to upset both Russia and China by getting lethal weaponry from the West.
Liu He is Xi's right hand man on economics.
That we constantly see Liu He dealing with economic issues while Premier Li is nowhere to be seen, tells you a lot.
If its Liu He that made this concession, it means that he had Xi's blessing on this decision.
Here more details about the issue from Bloomberg. I absolutely do not like the sound of this.
Have to be careful and obtain waivers against malicious misrepresentation and weaponization of disclosed info.
I see it as a danger to national security.
Their playbook is getting recycled and smearing is like over and over again. After a while I tend to tune it out.
Probably staged. The question is by whom?
Its an ongoing soft coup against IK. He has gained the upper hand for now, but still a long way to go to say that the coup has been defeated.