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Air Force Veterans Sound The Alarm: Slash Jet Funding, Surrender The Skies To China

09 Jul 2025

A coalition of former senior US Air Force commanders has called on Congress to fully fund the purchase of 75 F-35A fighter jets and the reinstatement of the E-7 Wedgetail command-and-control program in the next fiscal year, warning that any setback would severely diminish America's air capabilities, most notably in...

Tropical Storm Danas Leaves 2 Dead, 600 Injured In Taiwan As China Braces For Impact

09 Jul 2025

Tropical Storm Danas left a path of devastation in Taiwan, claiming two lives and injuring more than 600 as it advances towards eastern China, issuing comprehensive flood warnings and emergency action. The storm lashed southern Taiwan on Sunday and Monday with historical winds of up to 220 kmph, Taiwan's Central...

Why China Is Trying to Undermine Rafale Sales After India’s Airstrike

07 Jul 2025

China reportedly launched a targeted campaign through its embassies to discredit the performance of France’s Rafale fighter jets. This move came soon after India used Rafales during Operation Sindoor a successful airstrike against Pakistan. According to French intelligence, China instructed its defence attachés (military diplomats) to spread doubt about the...

Xi Jinping Planning His Exit After 12 Years: Preparing His Own Succession?

06 Jul 2025

Twelve years into his tenure, Chinese President Xi Jinping seems to be setting the stage for a potential succession. New rules passed by the Communist Party's 24-member Politburo on June 30 indicate that Xi is slowly transferring decision-making powers to his deputies. The regulations cover a number of "party coordinative...

On July 15, China Digital Revolution Begins with Cyberspace ID

05 Jul 2025

China is gearing up to unleash its most ambitious digital control initiative so far. On July 15, it will introduce the Cyberspace ID, a nationwide digital identity scheme. The authorities say the system will enhance cybersecurity and simplify access to digital services. Critics, however, say that the step makes China...

China To Trump: Trade Wars Have No Winners As Tariff Deadline Approaches

05 Jul 2025

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng warned that neither side gains anything from tariff or trade wars, giving a thinly veiled rebuke to US President Donald Trump as tensions between Washington and Beijing continue. Addressing the World Peace Forum in Beijing, Han stressed that a multilateral trading system was crucial to...

Jaishankar to Visit China for SCO Meet, First Since 2020 Border Standoff

04 Jul 2025

External affairs minister S Jaishankar is likely to go to China in the third week of July to take part in a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers' meeting and for bilateral interactions with important Chinese leaders, officials familiar with the issue said. First Visit for Jaishankar Since 2020 LAC...

China Supplies 81% of Pakistan’s Military Gear, Uses It as ‘Live Lab’: Indian Army

04 Jul 2025

India's armed forces have raised serious concerns about China's growing influence over Pakistan's defence system, stating that 81% of Pakistan's military equipment now comes from China. New Delhi has accused Beijing of employing its close friend as a "live lab" where it experiments and perfects its military technology in actual...

Why the World May Soon Witness Two Dalai Lama & What It Means

02 Jul 2025

As the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, celebrates his 90th birthday this week, he is not retiring into quiet contemplation. Rather, he is rewriting history. In a daring and historic move, he has announced that his reincarnation will carry on after his passing away, and that only his trusty institution...

Dalai Lama Succession Turns Political as China Reasserts Golden Urn Rule

02 Jul 2025

A new row over the Dalai Lama's succession has broken out with Beijing claiming it will have to validate the next reincarnation. This was said just hours after the Dalai Lama himself stated that only his nonprofit organisation is authorised to determine his successor. The comments have rekindled tensions as...

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