The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has formally assessed that China has no current plan to invade Taiwan in 2027 and no fixed reunification timetable, effe......
Yusuke Anami (阿南友亮) is a professor at Tohoku University's Graduate School of Law, born in 1972, and holds a doctorate from Keio University's Graduate School of Law. His research fo......
The sweeping purge of China's top military brass has stripped the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of its last institutional brakes, creating a highly volatile environment where a "l......
China's highly choreographed "Two Sessions" parliamentary meetings are set to convene March 4-5, where the Communist Party will unveil its economic and strategic blueprint for 2026......
In 2012, then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (習近平) introduced the concept of a "new type of great power relations" during a visit to the United States. While ostensibly aimed at......
their military influencetheir military influenceOn the afternoon of January 24, China's Defense Ministry suddenly announced that Central Military Commission members Zhang Youxia (張......
A shake-up in the top ranks of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is making Beijing's Taiwan policy harder to read, a Taiwanese defense scholar has warned. Speaking at a Januar......
Following the official announcement of PLA General Zhang Youxia's (張又俠) downfall last Saturday, speculation has mounted steadily. After Wednesday's Taiwan Affairs Office press conf......
Chinese Military Purge Signals Shift in Taiwan Invasion Risk AssessmentBeijing's recent announcement of investigations into Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Liu Zhenli (劉振立) has sparked inte......
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 29, discussing whether the recent U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan ......
A political earthquake has struck the Chinese Communist Party's military leadership. Xi Jinping has moved against Zhang Youxia (張又俠), a fellow “red second generation” princeling an......
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently launched investigations for serious disciplinary violations against Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Chief......
In early 2026, Beijing released figures claiming that the Communist Party's disciplinary system punished a record number of individuals over the previous year. On the eve of the ro......
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been rocked by a major leadership purge, with Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Joint Staff Department C......
