The Zhurihe Combined Tactics Training Base, the People’s Liberation Army’s largest training site, covers an area nearly the size of Los Angeles. The sprawling complex is designed to replicate realistic battlefield conditions across a diverse range of terrains.
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Satellite Photos Show China’s Mock Taipei City for Invasion Training
Satellite imagery shows China has further expanded its mock-up of Taiwan’s administrative center at a military training base in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The site—centered on a replica of the building housing Taiwan’s Presidential Office—is now triple the size it was in 2020, according to an analysis by the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals (JINF) think tank, as Beijing continues its military pressure against Taipei.
The Zhurihe Combined Tactics Training Base, the People’s Liberation Army’s largest training site, covers an area nearly the size of Los Angeles. The sprawling complex is designed to replicate realistic battlefield conditions across a diverse range of terrains.
The Zhurihe Combined Tactics Training Base, the People’s Liberation Army’s largest training site, covers an area nearly the size of Los Angeles. The sprawling complex is designed to replicate realistic battlefield conditions across a diverse range of terrains.
Satellite Pictures Show China’s Growing Invasion Fleet
Satellite imagery appears to show a rare assembly of Chinese amphibious assault ships in the Yangtze River Estuary, suggesting a high state of readiness among forces that would likely play a central role in any invasion of Taiwan. China continues to expand the capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), now the world’s largest by hull count, with more than 370 warships and submarines.
Among them are landing dock ships, helicopter carriers, and specialized landing barges that analysts say would spearhead a cross-strait assault.
Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to pursue unification—by force if necessary. Chinese forces have intensified pressure on the island through large-scale military drills and near-daily air sorties across the Taiwan Strait’s median line, moves Taipei and Washington call destabilizing.
Among them are landing dock ships, helicopter carriers, and specialized landing barges that analysts say would spearhead a cross-strait assault.
Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to pursue unification—by force if necessary. Chinese forces have intensified pressure on the island through large-scale military drills and near-daily air sorties across the Taiwan Strait’s median line, moves Taipei and Washington call destabilizing.
Satellites Capture Chinese Aircraft Carriers at South China Sea Naval Base
Two of China's aircraft carriers are back at their home port in Sanya, Hainan, after departing last week to escape adverse weather conditions brought by a typhoon, satellite imagery confirms. China claims dominion over most of the South China Sea, a conduit for roughly one-fifth of global maritime trade and an area also claimed by several of its neighbors. An international arbitral court largely dismissed Beijing’s sweeping claims in 2016—a ruling China maintains is invalid.
China’s flattops are a key component of the country’s effort to supplant the United States as the dominant military power in the Indo-Pacific. The Yulin military complex, located on the southern island province of Hainan, is central to this ambition and serves as a key naval hub—home to a carrier dry dock, two deep-water bays, and a ballistic missile submarine base.
China’s flattops are a key component of the country’s effort to supplant the United States as the dominant military power in the Indo-Pacific. The Yulin military complex, located on the southern island province of Hainan, is central to this ambition and serves as a key naval hub—home to a carrier dry dock, two deep-water bays, and a ballistic missile submarine base.
China Tightens Grip on Minerals Before Trump-Xi Summit
China has placed sweeping new restrictions on rare earth materials and equipment in a move that could deny U.S. companies and defense contractors access to critical building blocks in their supply chains. The export controls, laid out on Thursday in two notices issued by China's Commerce Ministry, were a subtle shot across the bow to President Donald Trump ahead of his summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, with a bilateral trade agreement on the line.
China commands a 60 percent share in global rare earth production and an estimated 90 percent in mineral processing. Its dominance of rare earth supplies—used in everything from electric cars and smartphones to missiles and jet fighters—remains a major bargaining chip in its negotiations with the United States.
China commands a 60 percent share in global rare earth production and an estimated 90 percent in mineral processing. Its dominance of rare earth supplies—used in everything from electric cars and smartphones to missiles and jet fighters—remains a major bargaining chip in its negotiations with the United States.
China’s Golden Week travel boom masks a bruising price war
The latest sign of hyper-competition, or “involution,” has emerged in China’s tourism industry, adding to concerns about growing deflationary pressure in the broader economy.
Over the Oct. 1 to 8 public holiday — dubbed “Golden Week” — total domestic tourism trips reached 888 million and generated 809.01 billion yuan ($113.63 billion) in revenue, according to official data released Thursday. That’s up by 1.8% and 7.6% from last year, respectively, according to CNBC’s calculations of the figures. The gains, however, slowed from the May 1–5 holiday earlier this year, when domestic trips and tourism revenue grew 6.4% and 8% respectively. In fact, average spending per domestic tourist trip during the Golden Week was also around 3% lower than in 2019 before the pandemic, Goldman Sachs pointed out Thursday.
“The Golden Week was ‘Golden Weak,’” said Mix Shi, founder of PoshPacker Hostels Chengdu Group.
Over the Oct. 1 to 8 public holiday — dubbed “Golden Week” — total domestic tourism trips reached 888 million and generated 809.01 billion yuan ($113.63 billion) in revenue, according to official data released Thursday. That’s up by 1.8% and 7.6% from last year, respectively, according to CNBC’s calculations of the figures. The gains, however, slowed from the May 1–5 holiday earlier this year, when domestic trips and tourism revenue grew 6.4% and 8% respectively. In fact, average spending per domestic tourist trip during the Golden Week was also around 3% lower than in 2019 before the pandemic, Goldman Sachs pointed out Thursday.
“The Golden Week was ‘Golden Weak,’” said Mix Shi, founder of PoshPacker Hostels Chengdu Group.
Rare earths stocks surge after China tightens grip on global supplies
Shares of U.S. rare earth and critical mineral miners surged Thursday after China tightened restrictions on exports, fuelling market speculation that the Trump administration will move more aggressively to invest in building out a domestic supply chain.
Ramaco Resources soared 12%, Energy Fuels surged nearly 8%, USA Rare Earth jumped more than 7%, and MP Materials rallied more than 6%. Lithium Americas popped more than 4% and Trilogy Metalsrose more than 6%. Beijing is now requiring foreign entities to obtain a license to export products that contain more than 0.1% of domestically sourced rare earths, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce. Companies will also need export licenses if they use China’s extraction, refining or magnet recycling technology.
Ramaco Resources soared 12%, Energy Fuels surged nearly 8%, USA Rare Earth jumped more than 7%, and MP Materials rallied more than 6%. Lithium Americas popped more than 4% and Trilogy Metalsrose more than 6%. Beijing is now requiring foreign entities to obtain a license to export products that contain more than 0.1% of domestically sourced rare earths, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce. Companies will also need export licenses if they use China’s extraction, refining or magnet recycling technology.
Retribution Is Here: The President’s Threats of Revenge Are no Longer Bluster.
If the secret to understanding a strongman is to identify his greatest weakness, one place to start with Donald Trump is his obsession with his own eventual obituaries. Trump knows that they will mention his history-making presidencies, his ostentatious wealth, and his unusual charisma—but he also is aware that when he dies, people will remember his conviction on 34 felony counts, and that there is nothing he can do about it. Even now, White House officials have told me, Trump rages about how his guilty verdict is sure to be mentioned way up high in his obituaries.
Trump’s fixation on all of this leapt to mind today when I heard that he’d called for the arrests of the governor of Illinois and the mayor of Chicago—not just because it explains Trump’s psychology, but also because this obsession is one of the driving motivations of his revenge crusade, which is now escalating dramatically.
Trump’s fixation on all of this leapt to mind today when I heard that he’d called for the arrests of the governor of Illinois and the mayor of Chicago—not just because it explains Trump’s psychology, but also because this obsession is one of the driving motivations of his revenge crusade, which is now escalating dramatically.
North Korea’s ruling party turns 80 this week and all signs point to a major Kim Jong Un celebration
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is rolling out the red carpet this week for a host of foreign dignitaries, and all signs suggest he’ll be showing off his country’s latest military hardware in a pomp-filled parade.
North Korea has kept celebratory plans for the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea on Friday tightly under wraps – much like the secretive and isolated state has done in the past with significant dates. But there have been signs that Kim has spent months preparing for a major parade in the capital Pyongyang, potentially at night and involving tens of thousands of people, according to the South Korean military.
Huge displays of carefully choreographed propaganda involving massive crowds and meticulously rehearsed performances have long been a hallmark of the North Korean regime, particularly around key anniversaries.
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North Korea has kept celebratory plans for the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea on Friday tightly under wraps – much like the secretive and isolated state has done in the past with significant dates. But there have been signs that Kim has spent months preparing for a major parade in the capital Pyongyang, potentially at night and involving tens of thousands of people, according to the South Korean military.
Huge displays of carefully choreographed propaganda involving massive crowds and meticulously rehearsed performances have long been a hallmark of the North Korean regime, particularly around key anniversaries.
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This country’s government vowed to eliminate TB by the end of 2025. It’s not going well.
Relentless coughing echoes through the Mumbai suburb of Govandi, where families live cramped under tarpaulin and salvaged wood. The narrow lanes are waterlogged and airless, and here in India’s financial capital, a deadly disease is lurking at every door. Doctors on the ground estimate that tuberculosis has infiltrated almost every second home of this eastern urban compound, killing residents and robbing many families of their livelihoods.
The local crisis is a microcosm of a national health care crisis. India is home to 27% of the world’s TB cases and records an average of two deaths related to the infectious disease every three minutes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The local crisis is a microcosm of a national health care crisis. India is home to 27% of the world’s TB cases and records an average of two deaths related to the infectious disease every three minutes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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