Focus topics


Feature
•

Military and police take priority in the state

After the 2022 Party Congress, Xi Jinping visited the operations center of the CP’s Central Military Commission. The Chairman of this commission is Xi Jinping himself.
At last October’s Party Congress, Xi Jinping put security matters at the center of his policy. The issue now permeates all political domains. Security is even more important to Xi than economic development. The capability for conflict is increasing.
By
Christiane Kühl
Image of Christiane Kühl

Military and territorial security has always been part of China’s “core interests”. This was recently demonstrated in the skies over the Americas, where several units of what appears to be a larger fleet of spy balloons appeared. As is well known, the USA shot down one of them. For a long time, Beijing has also been modernizing its armed forces with an annually growing military budget – always with an eye on Taiwan, the South China Sea and the regional supremacy of the USA.

Continue reading now

… and get free access to this Professional Briefing for a month.

Continue free reading

Are you already a guest at the China.Table? Log in now

Related

    Huawei: slower Internet for more security
    German conservatives call for China policy Zeitenwende
    ‘China’s claim to be a mediator is something we must respect’
    EU unveiled plans to secure raw materials
Be our guest at the China.Table. Try it for free now, no automatic renewal.
Try it for free