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China’s aims for a supercomputing nation Foreign ambassadors in Beijing laud the ‘Two Sessions’; Beijing to Pyongyang direct train links

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🚼 Social security reforms in bid to increase birth rate
🇨🇳 aims to be provider of computing infrastructure to the developing world
🕵️‍♂️ Washington appoints 🇨🇳 specialist as spy chief

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The 15th Five-Year Plan A geopolitical reading

📝 ‘The 15th FYP is a massively important document. It requires study by foreigners. Behind its many targets and aspirations lies great geopolitical significance,’ writes Charles Parton OBE, Chief Adviser to our #ChinaObservatory

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Iran to purchase Chinese supersonic missiles Brussels bans Beijing from Horizon research programmes; IMF asks PRC to halve industrial subsidies

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🇨🇳 state-linked cyber operations increased in 2025
💰 IMF urges 🇨🇳 to cut industrial subsidies by 50%
🇺🇸 meets with 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇳 for #nuclear talks

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Japan’s response to Chinese economic coercion Lessons from Tokyo’s resilience against Beijing’s economic pressure

💰 ‘Until systemic diversification reduces 🇨🇳 market power meaningfully, and #G7 members are prepared to absorb short‑term economic costs on each other’s behalf, economic coercion will remain an attractive tool for Beijing,’ says @athenaktong.bsky.social, University of Tokyo

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What do the recent military purges say about Xi Jinping’s leadership? The Tangram | No 01.2026

💡 ‘It is hard to see how the recent purges are a sign that Xi is concerned about a challenge to his authority, even though that might make for a more interesting headline,’ writes @gracetheodoulou.bsky.social, our International Fellow

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What do the recent military purges say about Xi Jinping’s leadership? The Tangram | No 01.2026

‘🇨🇳 watchers do not know the precise reason why Xi might have felt the urgency to act now...What is clear, however, is that these purges were largely political in nature,’ says @helenalegarda.bsky.social, @merics.bsky.social

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What do the recent military purges say about Xi Jinping’s leadership? The Tangram | No 01.2026

🚨 ‘As the PRC’s top leader, failure to exercise full control over the PLA shows fundamental flaws in Xi’s leadership,’ argues Willy Lam, Centre for China Studies

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What do the recent military purges say about Xi Jinping’s leadership? The Tangram | No 01.2026

💪 ‘A #PLA which is more thoroughly under Xi’s control, and less politically powerful, may be something Xi sees as important for the next five years as he prepares to hand over power,’ writes Charles Parton OBE, Chief Adviser to our China Observatory

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What do the recent military purges say about Xi Jinping’s leadership? The Tangram | No 01.2026

What do the recent military purges say about Xi Jinping’s leadership?

We asked 4 🇨🇳 experts in today’s #Tangram

✍️ Charles Parton OBE, Willy Lam, @helenalegarda.bsky.social, @gracetheodoulou.bsky.social

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Moscow defends Beijing on nuclear test allegations PRC removes tariffs on 53 African countries; Poland bans Chinese cars from military sites

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☢️ Moscow defends Beijing from 🇺🇸 accusations
💴 Chinese tariffs on 53 African countries removed
🎣 Chinese fishing vessel seized by 🇯🇵

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⛓️ Jimmy Lai sentenced to twenty years in prison
🕵️‍♂️ M15 briefs universities on 🇨🇳 interference
💥 Washington accuses Beijing of secret nuclear testing

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Beijing building a flying aircraft carrier for space Dalai Lama wins a Grammy; Taiwanese politician seeks reconciliation with PRC

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🇨🇳 building a flying aircraft carrier to be deployed in space
💵 First 🇬🇧-🇨🇳 Financial Working Group held in Beijing
🔋 @octopus.energy announces joint venture with 🇨🇳 energy company

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Powell and Starmer in Beijing Taiwan unnamed in US defence strategy; further Chinese-Russian military cooperation

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💼 Prime Minister lands in Beijing for state visit
🇺🇸 National Defence Strategy omits mentioning 🇹🇼
🪖 Highest ranking 🇨🇳 military official purged

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Damoclean or diplomatic? Embassy goes ahead Revival of UK-China cybersecurity dialogue; China and Chagos

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🚨 Symbolic but not catastrophic, says 🇺🇸 about ‘mega embassy’
🌍 Beijing’s interests in 🇬🇱
📈 Funding of Belt and Road Initiative hit record highs in 2025

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China the biggest buyer of Iranian and Venezuelan oil PRC hacks into US Congress email system; British reporters’ coverage of Shenzhen protest swiftly halted

It's time for your weekly 🇨🇳 news roundup!

✅ Prime Minister due to approve mega-embassy before 🇨🇳 visit
🇿🇦 hosts naval drills for 🇮🇷, 🇨🇳 and 🇷🇺
🛢️ 80% of 🇻🇪 oil exports last year were sold in 🇨🇳

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Interpreting ‘JUSTICE MISSION 2025’ Messaging and military manoeuvres around Taiwan

‘Next time the skies around 🇹🇼 are shut down, observers should not confuse the justifications offered in Beijing’s propaganda with the underlying drivers of these actions,’ writes Gray Sergeant, our Research Fellow, in a new #Investigator

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A tale of two ‘Justice Missions’: Taiwan and Venezuela Did the American military operation influence Chinese plans?

Did the 🇺🇸 military operation influence 🇨🇳 plans for 🇹🇼?

🇨🇳 ‘For Beijing, the downsides of the 🇺🇸 action surely outweigh any upsides,’ argues Charles Parton OBE

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Britain wants to ‘destabilise’ Hong Kong, says Beijing China to launch first small modular reactor; Macron’s practicality on the PRC

This week’s latest updates on 🇬🇧-🇨🇳 relations 👇

🇺🇸 and 🇯🇵 fly over Sea of 🇯🇵 in response to 🇨🇳-🇷🇺 exercises
⛓️ Jimmy Lai, media tycoon and democracy activist, convicted by 🇨🇳
🇪🇺 calls out 🇨🇳 ‘weaponisation’ of economic ties

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Britain sanctions Chinese IT companies Beijing’s global exports grew this year despite trade war; Russia and PRC conduct air patrols over East China Sea

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🇬🇧 universities slammed as ‘third-worldish’ compared to 🇨🇳 counterparts
🚫 FCDO sanctions two 🇨🇳 tech companies over cyberattacks
🇯🇵 faces ’information campaign’ from 🇨🇳 over Okinawa

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Britain is a ‘dwarf’ in global politics, says Beijing Powell meets with Wang Yi; the Chinese general who defied Tiananmen Square orders

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🕵️‍♂️ Parliamentary inquiry finds espionage trial collapsed due to ‘systematic failures’
🇨🇳 now has a major port in every continent apart from Antarctica
🇹🇼 announces defence budget increase to counter 🇨🇳 threat

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Beijing attempts to pilfer our parliamentarians Britain was China’s top destination for high-tech investment; Nexperia handed back to Chinese shareholders

Your weekly 🇨🇳 news roundup is out now!

🇬🇧 parliamentarians targets by CCP spies on LinkedIn
💻 HM Gov announces £170 mil for encrypted technology to counter 🇨🇳 interference
🇹🇼 to distribute civil defence handbook to citizens

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Beijing wants compensation from BBC for being ‘destructive’ Brussels explores Huawei ban for EU member states; Nexperia becomes a bargaining chip

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🇨🇳 accuses the BBC of trying to ‘discredit and vilify’ Beijing
🎓 Foreign Affairs Committee to examine CCP interference in 🇬🇧 universities
⚓ Beijing unveils most advanced aircraft carrier yet

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They stole our chips British academia capitulation to CCP pressure; China-Pakistan submarine deal

Top stories in this week’s #Tracker – your roundup of 🇨🇳 news

🇬🇧 university ceases Uyghur human rights research after pressure from 🇨🇳
🇺🇸 offers help to counter 🇨🇳 aggression in #SouthChinaSea
🧠 Xi Jinping sets out plan for global #AI governing body led by 🇨🇳

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Beijing reaches for the stars in latest industrial policy Badenoch sent business delegation to Beijing; PRC benefitted from Trump export controls

Today’s #Tracker from #ObservingChina unpacks key 🇨🇳 news:

🚀 Beijing cites aerospace as a priority sector for the first time
🇬🇧 seeks ‘steel alliance’ with 🇺🇸 and 🇪🇺 to protect against 🇨🇳 overcapacity
📦 Tentative trade deal reached between 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇳

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Should Whitehall say ‘mega no’ to China’s ‘mega embassy’ in London? The Tangram | No 09.2025

💡 ‘HM Gov’s decision on whether to approve the ‘mega embassy’ construction will prove a public test of 🇬🇧 ‘progressive realist’ foreign policy, as well as exemplifying the 🇬🇧-🇨🇳 relationship in microcosm,’ says @so3brocktree.bsky.social, our Associate Fellow

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Should Whitehall say ‘mega no’ to China’s ‘mega embassy’ in London? The Tangram | No 09.2025

💪 ‘Policymaking under the assumption that sometimes 🇨🇳 bark is worse than its bite is not without risk, but...can lead to a more balanced relationship and less room for infringements on national security,’ says @p-triglavcanin.bsky.social, our International Fellow

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Should Whitehall say ‘mega no’ to China’s ‘mega embassy’ in London? The Tangram | No 09.2025

🔍 ‘The proposed “mega embassy” would concentrate 🇨🇳 personnel and privilege in a fortified enclave which could monitor, coerce and intimidate 🇬🇧-based diaspora communities,’ writes Ryan Wu, @ox.ac.uk

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Should Whitehall say ‘mega no’ to China’s ‘mega embassy’ in London? The Tangram | No 09.2025

🚨 ‘Whitehall cannot accept a plan which does not legitimately address its concerns over espionage, influence and political harassment,’ argues Dr Danielle Reeder, freelance defence consultant

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Should Whitehall say ‘mega no’ to China’s ‘mega embassy’ in London? The Tangram | No 09.2025

🇺🇸 ‘Rejecting construction would demonstrate to Washington that No. 10 takes the threat seriously, and will stand up to 🇨🇳 bullying in Beijing and intransigence in London,’ writes @joshuachuminski.bsky.social, our International Fellow

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Should Whitehall say ‘mega no’ to China’s ‘mega embassy’ in London? The Tangram | No 09.2025

🗣️ ‘The new embassy poses concrete security risks, and symbolically feeds into the war on narratives, amplifying the idea democracy is weak and has a propensity to sacrifice national security for economic gains,’ says @sariarhohavren.bsky.social, our International Fellow

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