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Eye On China

Xi’s anti-corruption drive will impact Chinese military. Beijing’s ambitions take a setback

As the Chinese state took control of land rights across the country, the CCP cadre suddenly had enormous power to transfer land for state activities.

Xi purging military brass has a message—It’s CCP that calls shots in China, not PLA

US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel’s statements suggest he seems to know something that we don’t about the military purge—US may be highly active inside China.

Chinese are running new phishing scams across Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand. It’s a scamdemic

China has a history of working with organised crime syndicates to achieve political goals. This time, it has affected Chinese nationals.

Huawei Mate 60 Pro isn’t just a phone. It’s China telling US you can’t stop my economic growth

Advanced semiconductor chips are pivotal for the next generation of artificial intelligence technologies, which is one reason why the US isn't letting NVIDIA sell directly to Chinese firms.

Chinese economy won’t go bust but get caught in Japan-like limbo. It’s a test of Xi’s model

Renminbi trade to sky-high debts, China is seeing signs of economic distress everywhere. Xi's ‘muddling through’ strategy is just a politically viable option.

China wants to turn BRICS into an anti-G7 grouping. And push yuan instead of common currency

Beijing is targeting to induct countries like Saudi Arabia and Indonesia into BRICS, which are relatively agnostic about Chinese ideas of trade and investment.

Xi is pushing China to increase farmland for grains. It’s a call for swadeshi food security

Xi has even gone so far as to warn people against ‘playing tricks’ to reclassify farmlands for fulfilling ulterior motives.

CCP war isn’t just over chip & military. NYT shows it’s a battle of ideology & influence

China's network of influence operations has been active for some time, but the new details in the NYT article brought together how Beijing seeks to exert influence through proxies.

China finds India’s semiconductor goals unrealistic. It is waiting for New Delhi to fail

China’s major drawback in semiconductor manufacturing has been the ability to secure the talent to scale production. India will face the same problem.

Chinese foreign minister’s mysterious dismissal shows Xi’s China is a black box. No spills

Qin Gang’s meteoric rise as a diplomat surprised many. It wouldn’t be a stretch to suggest that he may have made some enemies.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.