A commentator attributed the supposed surge in demand for Chinese arms to three factors: Pakistan’s self-declared May 2025 victory, rising geopolitical uncertainty, and China’s price advantage.
The views of analysts reflect a wider Chinese tendency to emphasise regime resilience and caution against overstating the impact of what they are calling as ‘street mobilisation’.
China’s long-standing loans and investments, usually repaid through oil exports and settled in RMB, are now at risk, while US control threatens Beijing’s influence in Latin America.
Across the varied reading of the NSS in Chinese media, one thread recurs: The more Trump leans toward isolationism, the more volatile the global order is likely to become.
‘India has 200 Russian aircraft and multiple S-400s. Now Putin brings Su-57s and S-500s. Given China-India and India-Pakistan dynamics, what game is he playing?’ wrote a Weibo user.
Trump’s announcement of a security arrangement that would allow Riyadh to acquire jets like Israel’s F-35 is seen in China as much more than a routine arms deal.
Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the ‘Global Times’, described Takaichi’s behaviour as political sleepwalking and said that Japanese leaders must become more self-aware.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
The Chinese views are guided by CCP’s assessment of the event. As such they’re based heavily on legacy geopolitical thinking of the Party and less on technological aspects. That’s why they have jumped the gun, focusing more on India’s constraints and not waiting for the entire event to finish and then report from the ground. So much for CCP’s bid to lead the Global South!
The Chinese views are guided by CCP’s assessment of the event. As such they’re based heavily on legacy geopolitical thinking of the Party and less on technological aspects. That’s why they have jumped the gun, focusing more on India’s constraints and not waiting for the entire event to finish and then report from the ground. So much for CCP’s bid to lead the Global South!