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⭐️ 为战争而打造的中央军委——剑指解放军

以牺牲作战能力换取政治控制

Nov 14, 2025
1 minute read

⭐️ A Central Military Commission Built For War - Against The PLA

Political control at the expense of operational capabilities

Nov 12, 2025
11 minute read

FYI: Blog entries now mirrored on Substack

Nov 11, 2025
1 minute read

⭐️ Another Round of Purges Exposes Political Upheaval in PLA

The damage spreads

Sep 22, 2025
7 minute read

⭐️ Turmoil In The High Command Creates Political And Operational Disruptions

Xi has purged half the Central Military Commission

Apr 17, 2025
14 minute read

Xi's Most Revealing Diplomatic Interaction Was With Justin Trudeau

A rare glimpse of Xi at a disadvantage

Jan 07, 2025
1 minute read

Obsolete Analytic Paradigms Of Chinese Politics

Misinterpreting "institutionalization"

Dec 31, 2024
3 minute read

Xi's Reading List Is Exaggerated

It's hard to determine Xi's intellectual influences

Dec 15, 2024
1 minute read

What Intelligence Would Be Too Controversial To Give Xi?

It's surprisingly difficult to find a specific example

Nov 05, 2024
2 minute read

Counterproductive Information Operations

Lessons from Russia on why some operations fail

Oct 02, 2024
1 minute read
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