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By Greg Torode and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - The disappearance of Chinas defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the ...

By Greg Torode and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) - The disappearance of China's defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the c...

The disappearance of Chinas defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the countrys top ranks, is stoking uncertainty about President Xi Jinpings rule as an internal security... -September 16, 2023 at 07:00 pm EDT - MarketScreener

The disappearance of China's defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country's top ranks, is stoking uncertainty about President Xi Jinping's rule as an internal security clampdown trumps international engagement. The growing unpredictability could affect the confidence other countries place in the leadership of the world's second-biggest economy, diplomats and analysts say. Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who has missed meetings including with at least on...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not secure any progress on the issue during his visit to Beijing last week. U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin attempted talks with China's Defence Minister Li Shangfu during a defence conference in Singapore this month, but did not get beyond a handshake.

Amid reports that China is expanding its electronic eavesdropping capabilities in Cuba - which Beijing has denied - China's evolving military surveillance network has some way to go to match the sweep and reach of the U.S. and its allies, defence and intelligence analysts say. Five defence and intelligence analysts and four diplomats say large-scale military operations, even in peacetime, demand extensive attempts to vacuum up communications and electronic emissions, all part of what is kn...

By Greg Torode and Eduardo Baptista HONG KONG (Reuters) - China is for the first time keeping at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine c...

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He was then appointed head of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (CMC), China's governing defence body, headed by President Xi Jinping. RUSSIAN PURCHASES As director, he was named in sanctions imposed by the U.S. State Department in September, 2018 over the purchase of 10 Su-35 combat aircraft in 2017 and equipment related to the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia's main arms exporter, Rosoboronexport. Some security scholars note the sa...

Russias suspension of its last remaining nuclear weapons treaty with the United States may have dashed any hopes of dragging China to the table to start talking about its own rapidly accelerating...