The Importance of Experience in the Chinese Navy

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There is still a risk that Xi Jinping decided to go to war before his own forces are ready. The most likely triggers for that would be Taiwan formally declaring independence or America taking steps to significantly enhance the island's defenses. As Xi Jinping grows older and more vulnerable to ill health, maybe political challenges, there is also the possibility that he must calculate or just grows impatient as Vladimir Putin did over Ukraine.

Over the last couple of decades, the state has been making significant investments into its armed forces in an attempt to challenge America’s dominance. We ask how much further they will go. When the Ukraine war sent energy prices soaring, the consequences for Europe proved fatal. And, a tribute to the father of Tibetan film.

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