Writing in the South China Morning Post (June 12) its former Editor-in-Chief Wang Xiangwei said "If China’s leaders want to engage the international media, learn from Mao, Deng and Jiang".

The Global Times (June 13) reported that the PLAAF's new J-20 stealth fighters, the new Z-8L helicopters and the Z-19 gunship and the Z-10 gunship will perform a flypast at the CCP's centenary celebrations on July 1.

The Foreign Languages School of Hubei University for Nationalities' released an English rendition of a music video titled "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" on Twitter on June 14.

Tibet's first electrified railway line 435 kms in length and a major part of China's second rail line with Tibet is to begin operation from June 30.

Nikkei-Asia reported (June 13) that China's income inequality has grown despite village modernization.

In an article published on June 12, 2021, in "Marxist Studies" (Issue 3/2021) Prof. Yang Yunxia, Dean, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of Marxism, Northwestern Polytechnical University, and a special researcher at the Center for Innovation and Development of Ideological and Political Work of the Ministry of Education of Northwestern Polytechnical University, described National economic security as an important content of national security.

Executive Vice Chairman of TAR People’s Government and Standing Member of TAR Party Committee, Jiang Jie convened a special meeting recently to evaluate the preparatory work for the “Global Promotional Event on Tibet by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”.

The Washington-based Duowei News reported on the G7 summit. Observing that it had concluded its three-day agenda on June 13, and issued a communiqué after the meeting.

Radio Free Asia (June 9) reported that on June 7, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, in his annual speech to German diplomats, criticized Hungary without naming it.

CCTV (June 12) reported that the US Department of Defense published a newsletter on June 9 that US Secretary of Defense Austin issued an "internal directive" requesting the Department of Defense to take a series of actions to better respond to so-called China as America’s primary challenge Security threats.

ANI reported (June 11) from Islamabad that Pakistan has gifted boxes of mangoes to 32 countries, including China.

During a three-day (June 7-9) tour of Qinghai province, Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted the importance of Qinghai by stressing its importance for maintaining order in neighbouring Xinjiang and Tibet.

The state-owned CGTN telecast a report (June 8) showing Madame Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping, calling for global efforts in AIDS and TB prevention and treatment in order to benefit all mankind and build a global community of health for all.

PBSC member and Secretary of the CCP CC's Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) Zhao Leji visited Shandong from June 6 to 8.

On May 31, Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired a Politburo meeting to listen to reports on major policy measures to actively respond to the ageing population in the “14th Five-Year Plan” period and to deliberate on the “Decision about Improving Birth Policies to Promote Long-Term Balanced Population Development”.

CCTV reported (June 10) that Chinese President Xi Jinping had signed the Chairman's Order No: 90 approving the “Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law". Xinhua had reported that, on July 7, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China was deliberating the “Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law (Draft).”

The People's Daily (May 29) reported that on May 28, Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed a large national conference for the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) solemnly convened at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.

The Global Times (March 14, 2021) had reported an NPC delegate saying on the sidelines of the NPC Plenum on March 11 that a single-function biology experiment platform payload, Sparkle-1, is expected to be launched via a Long March carrier rocket by September, while a multi-functional platform supporting biological experiments may be put into orbit by 2022.

Caixin (June 7) reported that China, which has largely recovered from the pandemic since last summer, reported a new wave of flare-ups in Guangzhou that is testing the city’s ability to contain a stronger version of the virus.

10.78 million candidates appeared for China's annual college entrance exam, better known as the 'Gaokao', which began on Monday morning.

Chinese social media revealed a stabbing incident in Shanghai's Fudan University on June 7 when 39-year Jiang Wenhua stabbed to death Wang Yongzhen, Party Secretary of the Fudan Mathematics Department. Jiang Wenhua is a colleague in the same department.

China's Ministry of Finance and several ministries on June 4, jointly issued a notice ordering four kinds of non-tax revenues to be collected by central tax authorities.

A Chinese news portal reported (June 3) that officers and soldiers of a certain unit "on the battlefield in eastern Tibet" of the Tibet Military Region conducted offensive combat training to temper their handling methods and coordinated combat capabilities in complex battlefield conditions, and further improve their actual combat level.

The US-based Duowei news portal reported (June 4) that the Xinjiang Military Region has recently launched live ammunition exercises. It said the latest news from military sources indicates that the heavy artillery squad of a certain regiment of the Xinjiang Military Region has launched live ammunition training.

A PLA news portal revealed (May 30) that a brigade of the Xinjiang Military Region of China is stationed on a snow-covered plateau at an altitude of 4,500 meters in difficult combat conditions.

The South China Morning Post (June 7) reported that the PLA Southern Theatre Command disclosed on June 5 that a fleet under its command had travelled more than 6,700 nautical miles (12,400 km) over the past month, passing through the Celebes Sea — which separates Indonesia and the Philippines — and the western Pacific.

Australia's Cairns Post revealed (June 8) photographs 'leaked' on Chinese social media on May 31 that provide a pretty good estimate of the flight deck layout for Type 003 CATOBAR CV once completed overlaid on the current stage of construction.

The Global Times (June 9) published an article captioned 'India may create new border conflict to shift attention from worsening economic, pandemic conditions: expert'.

ARS Technica reported (June 6) that in Bahrain officials are now offering high-risk people who have already received two doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine a third vaccine dose—but one made by Pfizer-BioNTech.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the fourth session of the China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue with his respective counterparts on June 3.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his ten ASEAN counterparts on June 8 at Chongqing when they discussed restoring tourism and other economic exchanges battered by COVID-19, to more coordinated efforts in fighting the pandemic and the feasibility of creating a vaccine passport to allow freer travel among them.

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed an expansive 2,400-page 'US Innovation and Competition Act of 2021' to invest almost $250 billion in bolstering U.S. manufacturing and technology to meet the economic and strategic challenge from China on June 8 by 68-32 votes.

Three US Senators, Ladda Tammy Duckworth (D), Daniel Scott Sullivan (R) both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Christopher Andrew Coons (D) a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, travelled to Taiwan on a USAF C-17 Globemaster rather than an unmarked private jet.

The jury trial in the US against Hu Anming, an Associate Professor in the University of Tennessee’s department of mechanical, aerospace and biomedical engineering in February 2020, on charges of defrauding NASA by hiding his relationship with a Chinese university began in the Knoxville federal court on June 7.

In his article published in the People's Daily (May 31), Politburo member Wang Chen highlighted the significance of the Yan’an Spirit, and how “Yan’an has also become a red beacon that will always inspire the Chinese Communists to march forward courageously.”

Recent reports (June 5) reveal that The Weekend Australian reported that according to documents obtained by it, Zhou Yusen, a respected military scientist for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who collaborated with the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and American experts, submitted a patent for a Covid-19 vaccine on 24 February 2020.

The US-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) published an article (May 24) reporting that Shi Yinhong, Director of the Center for American Studies at the Renmin University's School of International Studies, enumerated "eight strategic goals of China" for the next 20 years.

The Guangming Daily (June 6) published a lengthy article titled: 'The Experience and Enlightenment of the Innovation of Military Theory of the Big Party in the Past Hundred Years".

The People's Daily (June 2) published a signed article by TAR Party Secretary Wu Yingjie titled: "The Glory of the Party Illuminates the People of the Frontier and the People in the Frontier".

Caixin (June 4) reported that Liang Qiang, the new president of bad-debt manager China Great Wall Asset Management Co. Ltd., was named deputy Communist Party chief of troubled China Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd. on June 4.

Caixin reported (June 4) that Wang Xing, the billionaire founder of internet giant Meituan, will transfer $2.2 billion of his company holdings into a separate charitable fund, stock exchange filings showed, adding his name to a growing list of high-tech billionaires using their fortunes for philanthropy.

The People’s Daily (June 3) reported the official launch of a 100 MW solar power plant in Kaposvár, Hungary last week.

Nikkei Asia reported (June 6) that the Japanese authorities will conduct a review of the Beijing-funded educational organization known as the Confucius Institutes that operates on university campuses in light of concerns that the group is a propaganda tool of China.

On the afternoon of May 31, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) flew 16 aircraft consisting of Ilyushin Il-76 and Xian Y-20 multi-role airlifters over Malaysian maritime zone airspace close to Sarawak.

The Global Times (June 2) reported that the office of the leading group of the CCP centennial celebrations had announced that the CCP Central Committee will for the first time award honorary medals to over 7.1 million veteran Party members, as the CCP marks the 100th anniversary of its founding.

Addressing a Politburo group study session on May 31, Chinese President Xi Jinping was reported by Xinhua (May 31) as saying that China needs "to develop a voice in international discourse that matches China's comprehensive national strength and international status."

The People's Daily (May 26) reported that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, accompanied by Zhejiang Provincial Party Secretary Yuan Jiajun and Governor Zheng Zhajie, inspected Ningbo from May 24 to 25.

The People's Daily (June 3) published an article Liu Qi, Party Secretary of Jiangxi Province, captioned 'Actively explore the path to realize the value of ecological products (in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era)'.

The People's Daily (June 3) published an article by Yin Hong, Party Secretary of Gansu Province captioned: 'Keep in mind the entrustment to write a new chapter and forge ahead on a new journey'.

A lengthy article in the People's Daily (June 3) reported that on June 1, the Party Central Committee published a document on stepping up supervision of the "top boss" at various Party organizations and state agencies.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China this year, the Shanghai Daily has decided, starting June 1, to publish daily 100 Q&As about the CPC and its members.

The China Education News (June 3) published an article on the newly revised "Regulations for the Implementation of the Private Education Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China" recently issued by the State Council and which will come into force from September 1 this year.

An article in the Guangming Daily (June 3) emphasised that "colleges and universities are important positions for carrying out party history education.

Caixin (June 3) reported that Chinese Infectious disease specialist Zhang Wenhong has estimated that China may wait until the first half of 2022 to begin relaxing restrictions on international travel.

On May 31, China announced that married couples would be allowed to have up to three children, raising the official two-child limit in a widely anticipated move.

Caixin (June 3) reported that the rapid rise of the $15 billion Chinese fast-fashion business, which now challenges industry titans like Zara and H&M, has prompted questions about who controls the company and the sustainability of its business model.

The PLA Daily (May 26) reported that some officers and soldiers of an unidentified Regiment posted in the harsh climate of the high altitude plateau experienced psychological discomfort and greater pressure.

Z-10 Medium Attack Helicopters of an Army Aviation Brigade of the Xinjiang Military Region were reported on May 28 to have carried out high-intensity, multiple-type combat exercises in the hinterland of the Karakoram Plateau, which is nearly 5,000 meters above sea level.

China Forum Executive Committee member and Peking University Prof. Han Hua's interview of retired PLA Senior Colonel Zhou Bo and Senior Researcher, Center for Strategic and Security Studies, Tsinghua University; China Forum Contributing Expert, was published by China's high-circulation portal Guancha (Observer) on May 29.

The CCP and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party (PTI) held an online event on May 26 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan and the 10th anniversary of the exchanges between the two parties.

The CCP held a video conference on May 26, with major Nepalese political parties on the theme of "Jointly Combating the Pandemic and Jointly Protecting People's Safety - China and Nepal Join Hands to Fight the Pandemic."

On May 24, China's PLA Southern Theatre Command claimed that the U.S. warship USS Curtis Wilbur had illegally entered its territorial waters near the Paracel islands in the South China Sea without permission and was expelled by its forces.

Xinhua (May 28, 29) reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping inaugurated the opening of the Tenth National Congress of the Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 28 when he delivered an "important speech".

Executive Vice Premier Han Zheng chaired the first plenary meeting of the newly-formed Leading Small Group (LSG) for Peak Carbon and Carbon Neutrality on May 26.

The People's Daily (May 29) published an article by Sichuan Party Secretary Peng Qinghua captioned 'Firmly implement the new development concept, Strive to draw a new picture of governing and rejuvenating Sichuan in the new era'.

The People's Daily (May 30) published an article by Guizhou Party Secretary Chen Yiqin captioned 'Breaking new roads, opening new games, seizing new opportunities, creating new achievements, creating a colourful new future in Guizhou where the people are rich and ecologically beautiful'.

The South China Morning Post (May 30) disclosed that the gathering pace of the PLA’s modernisation has given its instructors and recruiters the challenge of how to train a newer breed of soldier.

The state-owned CCTV reported (May 30) that at 20:55 on May 29th, the Long March 7 Yaosan carrier rocket carrying the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft was successfully launched at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China.

Washington Post (May 29) reported that last month Zhou Hong, President of Huawei’s European and Russian research institutes, visited Novosibirsk State Technical University in Siberia and discussed how Russian universities could help the Chinese tech giant.

Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo Group Ltd. said (May 27) that he expects the global semiconductor shortage to persist for as long as another 18 months as the unprecedented scarcity continues to squeeze production across a wide range of sectors.

Caixin (May 29) reported that China’s big tech companies, which made aggressive forays into financial services, all now have their eyes firmly fixed on the sector’s two dominant players — Ant Group Co. Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. — and how they are following regulators’ orders to overhaul their multibillion-dollar financial operations.

Caixin reported (May 29) that China’s market regulator, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), slapped a 1.5 million yuan ($235,302) fine on Alibaba Group-backed community group-buying platform Nice Tuan, citing violations including product dumping and deceptive pricing.

Ma Shengchang, Party Secretary of Nyingchi went to the border villages and duty stations in Metok County (Metok also known as Pema Ko in Tibetan borders Arunachal Pradesh, India) on inspection on May 18 and 19.

The People's Daily (May 27) publicised that an 'International Symposium on "Progress and Development of Human Rights in the 70 Years of Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" was held in Chongqing on May 26, around the 70th anniversary of the "peaceful liberation" of Tibet.

ANI (May 27) reported that the Pakistan Federal Cabinet on May 25 approved a special China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) business visa to facilitate Chinese investors in the country.

The Foreign Ministers of Ireland, Poland, Hungary and Serbia visited China from May 29 to 31 at the invitation of Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said during the visit Wang Yi will separately meet the four ministers and discuss bilateral and China-Europe relations.

A source close to Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and his team posted a brief comment (Taoran Notes, May 27 & 28) on a WeChat account of the talks between USTR Katherine Tai and Liu He on May 27.

The Dubai authorities, who had detained 19-year old student Wang Jingyu, a permanent resident of the United States at China's behest, was freed on May 27.

The Washington Post (May 30) reported that the U.S. has banned seafood imports from China's Dalian Ocean Fishing Co., Ltd. accusing it of using forced labour.

The People's Daily (May 27) published an article by Hainan Party Secretary Shen Xiaoming with the caption 'Those who have the country in mind are determined to reform and innovate: To steadily advance the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics'.

The People's Daily (May 24) published an article by Hunan Province Party Secretary Xu Dazhe captioned 'Keep in mind Yin Yin's entrustment to carry forward the revolutionary spirit and walk the Long March in the new era'.

A People's Daily (May 27) commentary pointing to its major achievements extolled the CCP's choice of a development path for China. It stated "A hundred years of overcoming obstacles and thorns, a hundred years of great changes.

The People's Daily (May 20) reported the inspection visit by a team led by PBSC member and CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang to Ningxia from May 17-19, 2021.

The People's Daily (May 20) reported the visit of the Head of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) to Henan province between May 17-19.

The CCP CC General Office issued a Notice on May 25, on "Carrying out Propaganda and Education on the History of the Party, the History of New China, the History of Reform and Opening-up and the History of Socialist Development in the whole society", and said arrangements had been for carrying out publicity and education on the "Four Histories" on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's Regional Development and Reform Commission issued eight draft measures against mining activities in the region.

Radio Free Asia reported (May 25) the death in custody of Ms Mihray Erkin, a graduate of Shanghai’s Jiao Tong University with a degree in plant biotechnology who had gone on to complete a related master’s degree in Tokyo University before becoming a researcher at Japan’s Nara Institute of Science and Technology, returned to the XUAR in August 2019 after authorities in Kashgar put her parents under pressure to call her home.

South China Morning Post (May 24) disclosed that Beijing’s top office overseeing Hong Kong affairs will be expanded to create two new departments covering national security and propaganda.

The state-owned CGTN's 'First Voice' reacted to an article in Foreign Policy (May 7) by Robert Barnett saying that "News of the construction of the Chinese villages is neither stealthy nor secretive."

Asia Times reported (May 25) that the Sri Lankan cabinet on May 24, awarded the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) a contract to build a 17-kilometre (10.5-mile), four-lane highway in Colombo.

Speaking at the Stanford Shorenstein Center, Stanford University, Kurt Campbell, the US coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs on the National Security Council, on May 26 said “The period that was broadly described as engagement has come to an end,” and US policy towards China will now operate under a “new set of strategic parameters”.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and China’s Vice Premier Liu He had a “candid” first conversation as the two sides began to try to resolve some of their differences on trade.

A statement issued by the White House quoted US President Biden as saying on May 26 that he had asked for an additional follow-up to the Intelligence Community's report on the origins of COVID-19, including whether it emerged from human contact with an infected animal or from a laboratory accident.

The South China Morning Post (May 25) citing analysts and sources said misunderstandings and protocol disagreements have affected dialogue between the Chinese and US militaries, but without causing an immediate crisis.

National Pulse on May 26 reported that current Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, US President Biden's reported choice for US Ambassador to India, has a "long history of collaboration with groups tied to the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department (UFWD)".

A federal court in Washington issued a final order Tuesday vacating the designation by the U.S. Department of Defense of Smartphone-maker Xiaomi as subject to sanctions for alleged ties to China’s military, the Hong Kong-listed company said in a securities filing.

Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Samoa's opposition leader who is set to take over as Samoa's new prime minister has pledged to cancel a $100 million Chinese-backed port development, calling it excessive for the small Pacific island that is already heavily indebted to China.

Japan Times reported that Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry issued a warning last month to Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. and a subcontracted firm after the latter leaked blueprints for parts of a military-use prototype machine gun to a Chinese company.

Writing on May 20, 2021 in the publication of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Zhang Yuyan, Professor of the School of International Relations, examined Sino-US relations and observed that "Looking to the future, China and the United States must evade the terrorist balance based on mutual destruction between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and continue to lay a solid foundation for the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations by ensuring mutual dependence (Mutually Assured Interdependence)".

The South China Morning Post (May 23) reported that Wang Jisi, President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies at Peking University and one of China's top America experts, while addressing a ceremony attended by former Chinese diplomats to launch the new American Studies Centre at Zhejiang International Studies University in Hangzhou on May 15, regretted that American studies in China are "too weak".

The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on May 23 that Chinese Politburo member and Director of Office of Foreign Affairs Commission, Yang Jiechi will attend the 16th round of China-Russia strategic security consultation and visit Slovenia and Croatia on May 24-27, 2021.

A PLA-maintained website on May 21, indicated revived Chinese interest in Arunachal Pradesh, which it said were in India's "illegal" occupation.

China issued a White Paper on Tibet comprising ten chapters and captioned 'Tibet Since 1951: Liberation, Development and Prosperity' on May 21, 2021.

China announced the completion of construction of a US$ 310 million strategically important highway connecting Pad Township in the Chinese city of Nyingchi with the Baibung Township in Medog County,through the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, which is known as the world’s deepest gorge with a maximum depth of 6009 metres.

The popular Chinese social media chat site 'qq' on May 21 carried a post stating that India is currently looking for a light tank that can fight against China’s Type 15 light tank.

Radio France International (May 15) reported that an article on the website of the French weekly magazine Le Nouvel Observateur described a hacking competition, secretly organized by the Chinese government, which offered a reward of $200,000 to anyone who could hack into an iPhone.

The People's Daily (May 21) reported that the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) has, since the launch of the Party History Study and Education campaign, "solidly carried out party history learning and education".

The People's Daily (May 21) reported that the CCP CC and State Council had jointly issued a document on the struggle against the triads and “evil” forces.

The Central News Agency reported (May 14) that China’s State Council had announced (May 14) new, revised regulations for private school education, which will be implemented in time for the new school year on September 1.

The People's Daily (May 13) published an article by the CCP CC's Organisation Department under the pseudonym Zhong Zuwen captioned 'Vigorously select outstanding cadres who are loyal and clean'.

Hubei Party Secretary Ying Yong's article captioned 'Build a fulcrum and walk in the forefront to write a new chapter' was published by the People's Daily on May 23.

A New York Times investigative report (May 17), which includes accounts from former employees, states that Apple Inc. made compromises with the Chinese government which make it “virtually impossible” to prevent the authorities from accessing the data stored on Chinese servers—which, under 2016 laws, includes all of Apple’s Chinese users.

At the weekly press conference in Beijing on May 18, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian in reply to a question said China has repeatedly expressed its serious concerns about the US military’s use of overseas laboratories to engage in biological militarization activities.

A lengthy article in the Global Times (May 16) titled 'US embassy increasingly offensive in pushing ‘peaceful evolution’ in China by roping in activists with money' pointed to the recently announced programme of the US Embassy in China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a videoconference on May 19, to initiate a series of nuclear energy projects and where they announced the start of construction of Russia-designed reactors at China’s Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant in Jiangsu Province and two at Xudapu Nuclear Plant in Liaoning province.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held telephonic talks on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China on May 20 and reaffirmed their resolve to further diversify and deepen strategic cooperation between the all-weather allies.

ANI (May 19) reported that the Nepalese Home Ministry had reported the removal of border pillars in the Daulkha district in village-Vigu of District-Daulkha to Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Pope Francis named 61-year Stephen Chow, head of Hong Kong's Jesuit order, as the new bishop of Hong Kong on May 17.

The South China Morning Post (May 18) disclosed that Taiwan has "temporarily" suspended operations in Hongkong in what Taipei called a regrettable unilateral move that went against the established convention.

Liu Guangyan, former Ambassador to Poland, was named the new head of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) office in Hongkong. Liu Guangyan's previous postings include San Francisco and Washington.

Xinhua (April 9) reported that with aid from Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province, construction of a new border defence village (Ch: Xiaokang) was completed in early April in Zayul County, southwest of Nyingtri.

The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Public Security Bureau of Chushul County of Lhasa organised a play with the theme “Policing into villages and maintaining zero distance” on May 10 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party and the 70th anniversary of the “Peaceful Liberation of Tibet”, and demonstrate “maple-bridge style” policing system.

The Serthar Buddhist College, the Larung Gar Temple Management Committee, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau of Serthar County and the Serthar County Civil Affairs Bureau on April 27, 2021, issued a public notice explicitly dispelling the hype surrounding the well-known Larung Gar Buddhist Academy and the Nubzig (Ch: Luoruo) sky burial site, both in Serthar (Ch: Seda) County in eastern Tibet, as tourist attractions.

A report of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)' Reconnecting Asia Project released on May 17, disclosed that CSIS researchers found 70 agreements in 41 countries between governments (or state-owned enterprises) and Huawei for its Cloud services.

The Chinese leadership is grappling with creating jobs for the record 9.09 million students who will graduate from Chinese universities in 2021.

The People’s Daily (May 12) reported that 15 inspection teams had deployed to 32 work units for the 19th CCP CC's seventh round of inspections by 10 May.

The People's Daily (May 12) disclosed that the CCP CC General Office had published its “Suggestions on Continuing to Select and Send First Secretaries and Working Groups to Key Villages” to help “win the fight against poverty,” “comprehensively promote rural revitalization,” and “consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation.”

Vice Premier and Politburo member Sun Chunlan held a discussion on May 10, with provincial- and ministerial-level cadres to promote the construction of a “healthy China.”

The People’s Daily (May 12) reported that 15 inspection teams had deployed to 32 work units for the 19th CCP CC's seventh round of inspections by 10 May.

The Liberation Army Daily on May 20 published an article by a member of PLA Unit 31006 captioned 'Party members must enhance their sense of honour'.

In an article in 'China Social Science News' (Issue 2169, May 20, 2021), Ren Long and Lin Wenjie of the Political College of National Defense University and Joint Logistics Support Force Longyan Comprehensive Warehouse Support Team respectively, disclosed that there are serious concerns about the PLA rank and file adhering to the policy of the Party's absolute leadership over the Army.

The People's Daily (May 20) published an article by Liu Jiayi, Secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, captioned 'Open up a new situation in building a modern and powerful province in a new era', which recalled General Secretary Xi Jinping's remarks at the Party History Study and Education Mobilization Conference.

The state-owned CCTV.com's "People's Leader Xi Jinping" column launched a series of special articles called "Party of the Communist Party Xi Jinping".

Nikkei Asia (May 16) reported that Japan's National Police Agency Commissioner-General Mitsuhiro Matsumoto at a meeting of senior police officers from across the nation on April 23 in Tokyo, for the first time identified China as responsible for a cyberattack on Japan.

Sina.com (May 8) said that on May 8, Counselor Wang Xiaojian, spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in India, issued a "solemn statement" on the recent wrong practices of the Indian media on Taiwan- related issues, refuting the wrong arguments and reiterating China's principled position.

On May 13, China inaugurated a new National Administration for Disease Prevention & Control 国家疾病预防控制局, a Vice Ministerial-level agency within the National Health Commission.

A 'qq' chat post (May 10) claimed that the Chinese domestically-made FN6 air defence missile "won the first battle, which made the Pentagon pale" because in a battle in northern Myanmar it had shot down a Myanmar Mi35 heavy-armed helicopter.

China's state-owned CCTV quoted a 'qq' chat report (May 5) as stating that a certain combined brigade in the PLA 72nd Group Army of the Eastern Theater Command launched an urban offensive and defensive exercise in cities and towns, with drones and unmanned vehicles playing a key role.

Asia Times (May 14) reported that Guizhou province had established massive, underground online state-of-the-art data banks where racks of servers are leased to tech giants ranging from Alibaba to Apple.

Xinhua (May 15) reported that China’s probe to Mars touched down on Mars, the Red Planet, to deploy its Zhurong rover.

Wang Dan, a Chinese dissident who was one of the student leaders during the Tiananmen protests and is now resident in Taiwan, wrote an Op-Ed in the Apple Daily on April 14, where he said that "Today a new “Axis Power” alliance is gradually taking shape" with China and Russia at its core and Iran, North Korea as other members.

Qiu Shi (Seeking Truth - 2021/10 dt May 16, 2021) published a lengthy article by Politburo member and Director of the CCP Foreign Affairs Committee Yang Jiechi.

The latest issue of the Party theoretical journal Qiu Shi (Seeking Truth - 2021/10 dated May 15, 2021) published an editorial entitled 'The red country never changes colour' which contained excerpts of Chinese President Xi Jinping's speeches delivered during visits and inspections between December 2012 to March 2021.

On May 12-13, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Henan province when he went to several sites related to the central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Reporting his meeting with resettled residents of Zouzhuang village, Xi Jinping thanked them for their contribution to the country.

The Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, left Portsmouth on May 1, along with a strike group for the beginning of a seven-month deployment that will bring it to the Indo-Pacific.

Taiwan's United Daily News (UDN) (May 6) reported from New Delhi that Chinese workers in India have complained about not being able to return home.

A recent AmCham survey released on May 12, revealed that 42% of the respondents are considering or planning on moving out of Hong Kong citing concerns over China’s imposition of harsh national security law and the local government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In early April, the Hongkong Education Bureau confirmed that four core subjects of the senior secondary curriculum – Chinese and English languages, mathematics and liberal studies – would be “optimised”, in order to address Beijing’s concerns.

The International Campaign for Tibet (May 12) reported that the Lhasa City Buddhist Association had issued a notice dated May 9, 2021, urging Tibetan Buddhists in Lhasa to restrict their traditional religious practice during the holy fourth month of the Tibetan calendar, which began on May 12.

The state-owned CCTV on May 8, reported that a unit affiliated with the PLA Xinjiang Military Command deployed in a high-altitude plateau recently replaced its outdated artillery with 10 new PHL-03 self-propelled digital long-range heavy rocket launchers, greatly enhancing its all-weather combat capability in the border region.

Writing in Asia Times David Makichuk (May 12) cited a report by Explica.co, which said that China's 'Station of Extreme Light', which China has been developing in Shanghai since 2018, has made significant progress in its goal of manufacturing lasers so powerful by 2023 that they could break through empty space and create matter.

An article captioned 'US-China tech war: Beijing’s secret chipmaking champions' in the Financial Times (May 12) on China's efforts to eliminate dependence on foreign components and sources for making chips highlighted the efforts of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.

Global Times on May 7, released a commentary on the U.S. Biden Administration’s position on waivers on the vaccine as intellectual property.

The World Health Organization on May 7 authorised China’s Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the sixth vaccine to receive clearance from the global health agency.

Ning Jizhe, Deputy Head of the Leading Group of the State Council for the Seventh National Population Census, Commissioner of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, released data on China's 7th National Population Census on May 11.

Brad Glosserman, Deputy Director of and Visiting Professor at the Center for Rule-Making Strategies at Tama University as well as Senior Advisor (nonresident) at Pacific Forum, commented on reform of China's State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) and said that rather than being pruned, they are expanding. Citing one report, he said the average size of the largest 100 conglomerates in China increased from 500 companies to more than 15,000 between 1995 and 20.

With China's U.S.-based state-run media outlets finally registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), China's foreign agent spending has skyrocketed from just over $10 million in 2016 to nearly $64 million last year.

The China Daily (May 11) in a box captioned ''The Path to Glory" commented "Two-Party meetings in May and August 1966 mark the beginning of the "cultural revolution".

The People's Daily (May 13) published a box item on its front page to remember the dead on the 13th anniversary of the Wenchuan Earthquake which occurred on May 12, 2008, and killed nearly 70,000 people, injured more than 370,000 with 18000 were missing.

The China Education Daily (May 13) published an article by Zhang Xiaojing and Qiao Kai, Associate Professor of Anhui University of Finance and Economics and Professor of Bengbu Medical College respectively who are both Special Researchers of the Anhui Research Center for Socialist Theory with Chinese Characteristics, captioned 'Study party history well and enhance ideological immunity'.

The People's Daily (May 11) publicised that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) carried out "in-depth study and education of party history" with the theme "Consolidate the forces of great country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics (Struggle for a hundred years and set sail on a new journey, learn from the party’s history, comprehend thoughts and do practical things to create a new situation)".

The state-owned CCTV reported (May 13) that In the study and education of Party history, the Central Political and Legal Commission regards party history as the best textbook for strengthening the party, governing, educating people, and casting the police.

64-year Shi Taifeng, Party Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, wrote an article titled 'Strive to write a new chapter in the development of Inner Mongolia on a new journey' which was published by the People's Daily on May 10. In the article, Shi Taifeng said "The most fundamental reason why Inner Mongolia has achieved today’s historic achievements and changes lies in the leadership of the Communist Party of China

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang presided (May 11)over a symposium on high-level and high-skilled talents under the special government allowance system, where he affirmed their contribution to the development of the country.

Hu Xijin, Editor-in-Chief of the Global Times wrote (May 7) in the paper: "Given that Australian hawks keep hyping or hinting that Australia will assist the US military and participate in war once a military conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Straits, and the Australian media outlets have been actively promoting the sentiment, I suggest China make a plan to impose retaliatory punishment against Australia once it militarily interferes in the cross-Straits situation.

The U.S. Senate is presently considering the exhaustive Strategic Competition Act of 2021 which, if it becomes law, will be a very important and comprehensive document guiding US-China relations.

7 May marks the anniversary of the "mistaken" targeting of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade on May 7, 1999, the capital of erstwhile Yugoslavia when 3 Chinese journalists (2 of Guangming daily and 1 of Xinhua) were killed and 20 injured.

Caixin (May 7) reported that Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. has said it will buy out London-listed Mexican mining company Bacanora Lithium PLC for as much as 190 million GBP ($264 million), becoming China’s latest natural resource asset purchase to feed its booming demand for new-energy products.

The first China International Consumer Goods Fair opened in Haikou City, Hainan Province on May 6, 2021.

The state-owned CCTV (May 9) reported that as per the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the 2035 long-term goal outline the construction of major scientific and technological innovation platforms such as the comprehensive national science centre is accelerating.

The China Manned Space Engineering Office announced (May 9) that the last stage of the Long March 5B Yao-2 carrier rocket had reentered the atmosphere at 10:24 and the landing area was at 72.47° east longitude and north latitude.

The “Administrative Measures of Religious Clergy” promulgated by China’s State Administration of Religious Affairs (SARA) on February 9, 2021, came into effect on May 1.

The latest issue (2021/09; April 30, 2021) of the Party theoretical journal Qiu Shi published the full text of CCP CC General Secretary Xi Jinping's hitherto unpublished speech entitled 'Grasp the new development stage, implement the new development concept, and build a new development pattern'.

An article by Chou Zejing, a researcher at the Beijing Xi Jinping Research Center for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and Lecturer in the Department of International Politics, School of International Relations in the Guangming Daily (May 3) warning that "experts generally predict that the epidemic in India has not yet reached its peak, and a larger storm is still to come" castigated "some countries" for "vaccine nationalism".

Reuters (May 6) reported that a post of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing created a furore on Chinese social media.

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued a notice on May 5 suspending all contacts and activities with its Australian counterpart and the Australian Government.

The Guadian (May 5) reported that Foreign Ministers from the G7 group of countries refrained from spelling out any concrete steps to confront China, amid concern among some members – especially Italy and Germany – over reprisals if their language was too threatening.

A post on the Chinese media platform Ifeng.com on May 2, 2021, stated that Pakistan's JF-17 fighter jets are already equipped with the "most advanced" missiles of the same type as the J-20.

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on May 4 granted permission to mobile carriers including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio), Vodafone Idea and MTNL to conduct a six-month trial for the use and application of 5G technology.

A post on the Chinese site "qq" on May 5, captioned "100,000 Indian troops in Ladakh vaccinate collectively: things are going on again, infrastructure continues to advance" said that "India’s 100,000 troops stationed in Leh have given priority to vaccinations, and the injection rate has basically reached 100%. Now the time when the mountains are covered by heavy snow in winter has basically passed, and traffic will be reopened from May.

As China takes over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for May, China’s U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun told the press on May 3 that its “first priority” is upholding the multilateral system with the U.N. at the core.

An article in The Diplomat (May 5) reported that the construction by China particularly of 4 dams along a 200-kilometer stretch on the upper Mekong River between 2011 and 2019 had diverted the course of the river.

Taiwan's Central News Agency reported (May 2) that Baidu, Xiaomi, Huawei, OPPO, Evergrande and other Chinese companies recently announced their commitment to doing electric vehicle research and development.

Caixin (May 6) revealed that He Xin, son in law of the owner of the Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV network is under investigation on suspicion of illegally taking deposits from the public.

Xinhua reported that, on April 29, four financial regulatory agencies including the People’s Bank of China, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and the Administration of Foreign Exchange summoned 13 top online financing companies including Tencent and Meituan Finance.

Taiwan's Central News Agency on April 29, reported that China passed a newly amended Maritime Traffic Safety Law, over which a Taiwanese scholar expressed the concerns that Beijing is using the law to expand the gray zone of potential conflicts.

The Chinese social media platform "qq" (May 5) claimed that the "current J-16 has been improved many times and has reached the top level of the fourth-generation semi-fighter ranks, greatly surpassing the J-15E and Su-30MKI.

China's state-owned CGTN TV quoted (May 6) Wu Weiren, Chief Designer of China's lunar exploration program as telling China Space News that Chinese scientists are evaluating the feasibility of a project to send spacecraft to the edge of the solar system He said the Chinese spacecraft will cover a distance about 100 times than that between the sun and the Earth by 2049, when China celebrates its 100th founding anniversary.

Caixin (May 7) reported that five provincial capitals announced the appointment or departure of top officials during the month, including Changchun in Jilin province, Nanjing in Jiangsu, Nanchang in Jiangxi, Shijiazhuang in Hebei and Lanzhou in Gansu.

On May 4 to mark the 102nd anniversary of the May 4th movement, the People's Daily printed a full-page article -- starting on page 1 and going on to the entire page 2 -- with mainly just quotes from Xi Jinping himself regarding Chinese youth.

The CCP's theoretical fortnightly journal published an article on May 5, to mark Karl Marx's 203rd birth anniversary.

CCT (May 6) reported that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chaired an executive meeting of the State Council on May 6 to discuss and promote the stable development of grain production and improve food security.

China's social media has been reporting that 55-year old Qin Gang will replace Ambassador Cui Tiankai, who at 68 years old is now headed for retirement, as China's Ambassador to the U.S. Interesting is that this is Qin Gang's first appointment as Ambassador.

The CCTV (April 30) in a special programme commented on the US destroyer "Mustine" approaching the PLAN aircraft carrier Liaoning and quoted China's Ministry of National Defense as saying "it was bad in nature" and that it had warned it to leave and made protested.

Writing in the Asia Times (May 2) former Indian diplomat MK Bhadrakumar wrote on the roadmap reached on April 29, by the United States, Russia, China and Pakistan in consultation with President Ashraf Ghani’s government and the Taliban on the immediate terms for reaching a peace settlement for the way forward.

China Changan, the official website of the CCP CC's Political and Legal Affairs Commission, carried a photograph on May 2, depicting China's space launch on the left and crematorium sites in India.

Taiwan's Labor Ministry has told staffing companies to remove all listings for jobs in China, in a move to prevent the outflow of vital tech talent to the mainland amid rising tensions between Taipei and Beijing.

A new poll by the Chinese University of Hong Kong's Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies released on April 29, indicated that 60% of people under 30 want to leave the city.

The Global Times (Chinese) published (April 30) an article titled "The EU threatens to cut off Russian SWIFT system" (in case of invading Ukraine).

Caixin (April 30) reported that China’s financial regulators had summoned 13 tech companies on April 29, including Tencent Holdings Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd., and imposed a raft of requirements on their financial businesses in an expanded effort to rein in the fast-growing fintech sector.

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng attended the opening ceremony of China Satellite Network Group Co. Ltd. at its headquarters in Xiong’an New Area, 100 kms south of Beijing in Hebei Province on April 28.

PBSC member and NPC Chairman Li Zhanshu presided over a meeting in Beijing on April 29, to exchange discussions and listen to the work of strengthening and improving the work of the People’s Congress in the new era.

The latest edition of Qiu Shi (2021/09 dt: May 1)) published an article by Song Tao, head of the CCP CC International Liaison Department captioned 'Continuing a hundred years of glorious foreign work and serving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation'.

The Party theoretical fortnightly journal Qiu Shi (May 1) published a message sent on April 30, on the occasion of the "May 1st" International Labor Day, by General Secretary Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Party Central Committee.

The state-owned CCTV reported (April 30) that on April 30 afternoon, Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over the 29th collective study of the Politburo on strengthening China's ecological civilization under the new situation.

Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired a Politburo meeting on April 30.

A lengthy special Xinhua article (May 5) captioned: "Studying in progress｜"He is really super kind"-Xi Jinping in the eyes of college students" listed students in different years at varying stages of Xi Jinping's career in different places and colleges praising different personal qualities of Xi Jinping.

Taiwan's China Times reported (April 22) that Morris Chang, Chairman of TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), at a speech at a think tank conference expressed the view that China’s semiconductor industry is still far behind Taiwan while South Korea’s Samsung is a strong competitor.

Sina.com disclosed that a PLA military aircraft entered the southwest airspace of Taiwan at 8:30, 8:55, and 9:47 on April 25, morning. The altitude was between 3000 and 7000 meters, but it was only low at 9:47 when it flew at a height of "30 meters" setting a new low altitude record.

Ticket prices for flights from China to the U.S. increased sharply after the U.S.government lifted travel restrictions on April 26 for students from China and several other countries.

The Paper (April 29) published an Op-Ed by Politburo member Yang Jiechi on improving fraught Sino-American ties.

An article in the South China Morning Post (April 30) by Alex Ho and captioned 'Beijing must prepare for a drastic reversal ahead of China’s rise and America’s fall' candidly warned China not to underestimate the US.

China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported (April 29) that China's population continued to increase in 2020 amid wide expectations of a population decline in the last decade.

The Global Times (April 29) reported that the latest, upgraded version of the JF-17 fighter jet was recently spotted equipped with China's most advanced air-to-air combat missile that is also used by China's J-20 stealth aircraft.

The South China Morning Post (April 29) disclosed that Lieutenant General Wang Kai has been appointed a new Commander of the Tibet Military Region.

On 24 April, the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Shenzhen announced the departure of eight senior officials and their replacement by cadres from other cities. The list included Shenzhen's Mayor, 59-year-old Chen Rugui.

The Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) announced (April 28) that in its latest round of 'discipline inspections' the CDIC will 'inspect' 31 universities and the Ministry of Education.

The People's Daily and Xinhua on April 26 publicised that China’s Ministry of State Security (MoSS) released a new anti-espionage regulation on April 26, 2021, which was to be effective immediately.

Wang Chen, Politburo member, Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and Chairman of the Chinese Law Society, wrote a very lengthy article in the People's Daily on April 20 which was published under the caption 'Xi Jinping’s thought on the rule of law is a new development and leap in the sinicization of Marxist theory of rule of law'.

The state-owned CCTV news on April 29, reported that the China Space Station Sky and Core Module was launched into space and accurately entered the scheduled orbit.

In a sharply worded editorial in the Global Times (April 24) its Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin said "Japanese State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama has talked nonsense to provoke China from time to time, poisoning the Japanese society's understanding of China" and that the "Japanese media also openly predicted "three situations" under which the Japanese Self-Defense Forces can assist the US military, should a war occur in the Taiwan Straits".

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi communicated with the US Council on Foreign Relations via video link on April 23.

The Asia Sentinel (April 22) reported that Beijing is encouraging the take-over of the Hongkong media by pro-Beijing businessmen.

Chairman of TAR People’s Government and Deputy Secretary of TAR Party Committee, Chedak la aka Che Dalha (Ch: Qi Zhala) made an inspection tour to Ngari (Ch: Ali) from April 15-17, 2021.

The 'Stars and Stripes' (April 22) quoted US AFRICOM’s Gen. Stephen Townsend as saying on April 21 that China’s naval base in the East African nation of Djibouti is now large enough to host aircraft carriers.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the commissioning ceremony of three naval vessels, the Changzheng-18, the Dalian, and the Hainan.

Economic compensation for demobilised and retired Chinese veterans in 2019 alone was estimated at 139.8 billion RMB (US$21.4 billion), almost 12 per cent of the official military budget that year.

The Washington-based think-tank Centre for Global Development Studies released in late March, in collaboration with AidData, a research lab at the College of William and Mary, a study of China's lending practices by offering a first-of-its-kind analysis of 100 contracts across 24 developing countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, including Montenegro, Kyrgyzstan, and Serbia.

Radio Free Asia on April 21 quoted the 21st Century Business Herald, a Chinese business news daily newspaper, to say at least 26 prefecture-level cities have disclosed their population data.

The New York Times (April 24) reported that Sun Dawu, an outspoken rural businessman who has been a critic of Xi Jinping, was formally arrested on April 21 on a number of charges, months after being taken into detention.

At the Climate Summit hosted by US President Joe Biden on April 22, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China, which has more than half of the world’s total coal-fired power plants, would start to phase down coal consumption from the 2026 to 2030 period.

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan spoke via video at an event on April 24 in Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of China-US "ping pong diplomacy".

The state-owned CCTV (April 25) reported that PBSC member and Vice Premier Han Zheng was on an inspection tour of Guangzhou, Shantou, and Chaozhou, Guangdong from April 23 to 25.

The Japan Times (April 20) reported that investigators had uncovered on April 19, that China’s military is thought to have instructed “Tick,” a Chinese cyberespionage group, to conduct cyberattacks on nearly 200 companies and research institutes in Japan, including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

The South China Morning Post (April 22) disclosed that despite American bans on key products and sanctions on major companies, Xinjiang’s direct exports to the United States more than doubled in the first quarter of 2021.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on April 21, that Chinese President Xi Jinping, who was invited by US President Joe Biden to the leaders’ climate summit on the 22nd April, will attend and also deliver a speech.

In an article in Global Times (April 19), its Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin revived China's assessment that the disintegration of the Soviet Union came about because it thought that its "problems could be resolved through reforms".

China's Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong and a 4-member Chinese delegation escaped when a bomb blast took place in the car park of the luxury Serena Hotel in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, on April 22.

A Global Times (April 21) article by Lan Jianxue, head of the Department for Asia-Pacific Studies at China Institute of International Studies, captioned 'Be wary of India’s provocation amid worsening pandemic' quoted "Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri, who said on April 15, that sweeping the border issue under the carpet and characterizing it as a "minor issue" is "tantamount to running away from the problem".

The Tibet Daily on April 10, 2021, identified three new airports namely, Lhuntse in Lhoka (Ch: Shannan), Dingri in Ngari (Ch: Ali) and Burang/Purang in Ngari as those among the 20 'border airports' to be built by 2025.

Quoting a PLA Daily report (April 18) the South China Morning Post (April 19) said that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed an advanced long-range rocket launcher to the Himalayas, in a move aimed at reinforcing China’s border defence and acting as a deterrent to India.

The Global Times (April 19) publicised the comments of Li Gang, the pilot of the J-20's first flight, to Phoenix TV on April 18.

An article in Foreign Policy (April 19) by Ryan D. Martin and Andrew S. Erickson confirmed, on the basis of photographs released by the Philippines authorities, that the fishing fleet deployed at the Whitsun Reef against the Philippines comprised units of the People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia (PAFMM).

A notice issued on April 20, jointly by China's Ministry of Finance, the State Taxation Administration and the General Administration of Customs, announced the cancellation of import taxes on a range of scientific, technological, medical and analytical equipment and publications for the next five years as part of the government’s strategy to boost innovation and technology self-reliance.

People’s Daily (April 16) issued a report on the activities of the Central Propaganda Group for Party History Study and Education, which has been travelling to various parts of China to spread the education campaign to the masses.

Xinhua (April 22) disclosed that the CCP CC had on April 16 promulgated the revised "Regulations on the Work of Primary Organizations in Ordinary Higher Education Institutions of the Communist Party of China" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), and issued a notice requesting urgent compliance to all regions and departments to earnestly comply with them.

The Wall Street Journal (April. ) reported that Beijing plans to appoint Qin Gang, a diplomat who has acted as President Xi Jinping’s chief protocol officer, as the next ambassador to Washington.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang travelled to Sichuan to visit Shahe, a small rural township near the borders with Shaanxi and Gansu.

The National Work Conference on Combating New Types of Telecom and Online Criminal Activity was held virtually in Beijing on April 9. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and the Deputy Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi spoke at the meeting.

Xi Jinping visited his alma mater, Tsinghua University, on April 18 ahead of its 110th founding anniversary.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered the keynote speech at the Boao Forum for Asia in Beijing on April 19. This year’s theme for the Boao Forum was 'Join hands to advance Belt and Road (BRI) cooperation'.

The People's Daily (April 22) published a 2712-word article by Ruan Chengfa, Party Secretary of Yunnan, captioned 'In-depth practice of the overall national security concept - Build a strong security barrier in the southwest of the motherland'.

Former US State Department career official and spokesman, Nicholas Burns is tipped to take over as the new US Ambassador to the PRC. He is a China expert.

The US State Department issued a statement on April 16 stating that 'U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua met in Shanghai on April 15 and 16, 2021, to discuss aspects of the climate crisis'.

An important Global Times editorial (April 15) listed three measures that China must take to counter the U.S.

On April 17, the major left-of-center Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported that it had obtained a 2009 internal report to the largest Dutch telecom provider KPN that indicated that at the time Huawei was able to listen in to all telephone conversations of the network.

The Diplomat (April 15) cited the Philippines’ Secretary of Foreign Affairs as saying that only a handful of Chinese militia vessels remained at Whitsun Reef -- called the Julian Felipe Reef by the Philippines and Niu’e Jiao by China -- as of April 13.

The South China Morning Post (April 17) said that China and Bhutan have agreed to resume the long-delayed boundary.

A posting on Baijiahao on April 12, stated that the reason why the China-India border talks have been delayed and unable to reach a consensus is that the "Indian government is not sincere".

The Global Times (April 18) reported that the 2021 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) opened in Boao, Hainan Province on April 18. The four-day annual conference is themed around "A World in Change: Join Hands to Strengthen Global Governance and Advance Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Cooperation."

In a new video on April 13, Professor Colonel Chen Hong of the Department of Intelligence and Foreign Forces Teaching and Research Division of China's Air Force Command College discussed the intended "message" the incursions over Taiwan by PLAAF aircraft was supposed to send to the Taiwanese.

The China-owned and HongKong-based Ta Kung Pao on April 16 called for the closure of the Apple Daily.

Nine leaders of the democratic opposition in Hongkong were sentenced on April 16, to varying jail terms after being convicted of illegal assembly.

Sina.com (April 13) disclosed that a certain army brigade organised 'live ammunition fire drills' in the middle of spring in the plateau and alpine mountains to test the shooting efficiency of a certain type of rocket launcher.

On April 13, China’s Ministry of Education and the CMC's Office of National Defense Mobilization announced they had released a “Syllabus for the Military Training of High School Students” on March 26.

The Macau Guide (March 25-April 15) serialised a letter by former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao where he recalled the difficult times of poverty of his childhood and his mother's lessons to him.

China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng spoke with The Associated Press on April 16, on a range of issues from U.S.-China relations to human rights.

On April 16, Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Macron and German Chancellor Merkel held a video summit of leaders from the perspective of building a community with a shared future for mankind and China's actions in response to global climate change.

Politico (April 11) reported that succumbing to Chinese warnings the Canadian government has told the Halifax International Security Forum (HSF), organisers of one of the world’s most prestigious defense gatherings, that if they go ahead with plans to present its 'John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service' to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, the Canadian government would withdraw support — and funding — from HFX.

China’s former ambassador to Britain, Liu Xiaoming, has been appointed (April 12) as the new Special Representative on Korean peninsula affairs replacing Kong Xuanyou, China’s envoy to Japan.

US Intelligence Chiefs speaking at the first congressional hearing about global threats in more than two years on April 14, focussed on China’s push to expand its influence and Beijing’s aspirations.

The US State Department and China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced that US Climate Envoy John Kerry will travel to Shanghai and Seoul, from April 14 to 17.

Penpa Tsering is well ahead in the election for Sikyong by over 5400 votes in the more than 60,300 votes counted till April 16 morning. A total of 83,079 votes were cast worldwide.

Twenty-five PLAAF aircraft breached Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone on April 14, in China’s largest incursion into Taiwanese airspace in a year.

The South China Morning Post (April 13) reported that Hong Kong officials will release on April 13 a “watertight” set of at least 20 ordinance and subsidiary legislative amendments, running into hundreds of pages, to local laws to implement a Beijing-led overhaul of the city’s electoral system.

Hong Kong held its first National Security Education Day. Hong Kong Education Secretary Kevin Yeung said schools across the Special Administrative Region (SAR) will hold activities on April 15, including raising the Chinese flag and singing the Chinese national anthem to foster a better understanding of national security.

China has registered the names of hundreds of disputed islands and sea features as trademarks, as part of a programme it started in 2014 under the auspices of Sansha City.

After holding exercises in waters east of the island of Taiwan for about a week, the PLA Navy's Liaoning aircraft carrier task group sailed south on April 10 into the South China Sea, where a US carrier strike group and an amphibious ready group held provocative exercises one day earlier.

The South China Morning Post (April 15) reported that in an unusually direct and frank tone, four researchers from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) in a working paper dated late March and posted on the bank’s website on April 14, said the country should not interfere with people’s ability to have children or it will be too late to reverse the economic impact of a declining population.

Chinese authorities have developed a new App that has shot to the top of China's iOS App Store charts less than a month after its launch.

The Research Center for Overall National Security Concept was established in Beijing on April 14.

An editorial in People's Daily (April 15) by the Ministry of State Security (MoSS) publicised China's security concerns. '

Versions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) history are published every 10 years with the previous volumes published in 1991, 2001, 2011 and now the latest version titled “Brief History of the Chinese Communist Party,” on April 13, 2021.

During his visit to Inner Mongolia from April 12-14, PBSC member and CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang stressed the need to create a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation while upholding an accurate understanding of country, history, ethnicity, culture and religion, and maintaining ethnic unity, social stability and tranquillity in the border areas.

Shi Yinhong, a veteran scholar at Beijing's Renmin University who also advises the Chinese government, expressed concerns about China's "Wolf Warrior" diplomacy and rapid progress of US President Biden's China policy and of the Quad, in an interview published by the US-based Duowei News on April 8.

The South China Morning Post (April 9) reported that the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet next week to consider legislation called 'The Strategic Competition Act of 2021'.

Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) reported (April 1) that Liu Yuguang, a mainland China scholar on Buddhism, had said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses Buddhism as a diplomacy tool in order to expand its influence over Southeast Asian governments.

Taiwan`s state-run Central News Agency reported (April 9) that Taiwan's Legislative Yuan approved a resolution on April 9, expressing support for international actions to restore democracy in Myanmar and demanded that the Yanggon government cease attacking peaceful demonstrators.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) issued a statement on April 5 (in Chinese) on the conversation Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had with his Japanese counterpart.

Commenting on the 11th round of military border talks, the CCP-owned Global Times (April 11) observed that "unlike the previous rounds of meetings, Chinese experts pointed out on Sunday, noting that no joint statements were issued, and the statement from China was issued by the PLA Western Theater Command instead of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, which are signs that solving the remaining issues will be challenging for both sides.

Harvard alumni Ren Yi, aka Chairman Rabbit and grandson of CCP leader Ren Zhongyi whose blog has over a million followers on Weibo, on April 6 posted a blog arguing that the pandemic has made Chinese people more aware of digital control methods and their benefits, e.g., real-name registration, face recognition, and location monitoring.

The South China Morning Post (April 9) disclosed that Beijing has cracked down on Jack Ma's other businesses and suspended classes and enrollment at the elite Hupan University set up by Jack Ma.

The Chinese authorities imposed a record $2.8 billion antitrust fine on e-commerce titan Alibaba on April 10.

Vice Premier Liu He chaired a meeting of the important Financial Stability and Development Committee (FSDC) on April 8.

On April 9, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang presided over a symposium in Beijing with economic situation experts and entrepreneurs. PBSC member and Vice Premier Han Zheng, attended the meeting.

Guangming Daily (April 9) reported that the 121st executive meeting of the State Council reviewed and approved the newly revised "Regulations on Grain Circulation Management" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations").

A lengthy article by He Yiting, a Special Researcher of the Central Party School (National School of Administration) Xi Jinping's Research Center for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era, and the former Executive Vice President (Dean) of the Central Party School (National School of Administration) was published by the Liberation Army daily on April 9.

After the CCP CC General Office notified the family of the late CCP CC General Secretary Zhao Ziyang in 2020, to vacate the former residence of Zhao Ziyang in Beijing's Fuqiang Hutong, Chinese dissident Gao Yu stated and posted photographs on April 4, 2021, that the Zhao family was packing house items that day and preparing to move.

China's state-run CCTV announced on April 11 that the CCP CC General Office issued the "Notice on Organizing Publicity and Education Activities on the Mass Theme of "Follow the Party forever" in Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China", which outlined arrangements for thematic publicity and education activities.

According to reports Mao Zedong's grandson Mao Xinyu, his wife Liu Bin, son Mao Dongdong, and daughter Mao Tianyi went to Kaihui Town, Changsha County on April 3 to pay homage to his grandmother Yang Kaihui, and visited his parents Mao Anying, Shao Hua, and the cemetery of his uncle Mao Anying.

The state-run China CCTV News reported on April 10 that Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan had sent a telegram of condolences to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, on April 10, 2021, expressing their deep condolences on the death of Prince Philip, and sincere condolences to the Queen and her family.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) confirmed on April 8 that two Chinese citizens working at a gold mine in southwestern Nigeria were kidnapped on April 5.

The U.S. 7th Fleet announced on April 6 that the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group had entered the South China Sea on April 4, to conduct “routine operations.”

Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a 90-minute over the phone with his Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi on April 5, during which Motegi raised Tokyo’s concerns over: China’s treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang; Beijing’s electoral crackdown in Hong Kong; and recent incursions of Chinese vessels near the disputed, Japanese-administered Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.

An article in the Washington Post (April 7) claimed that Phytium, a Chinese company with close links to the PLA, manufactures microprocessors produced at factories outside Taipei by the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which now makes the world’s most advanced chips, having surpassed the United States.

The US Commerce Department placed seven top Chinese supercomputing centres/companies on its Entities List, saying that Beijing’s growing efforts in the field could have military uses that pose dangers.

A report on a Chinese portal on April 7, acknowledged that "Pakistan and China cooperate very closely working in the military industry. They have introduced warships from China many times before, such as the F22 frigate, and the 054A frigate is the latest frigate of the Chinese Navy."

TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. told Caixin (April 7) that an Indian court’s decision will “unblock” its money in the country as it awaits the outcome of a tax evasion probe following its argument that such a freeze was hurting its ability to operate locally.

The Global Times (April 6) reacted to an editorial in the Times of India (ToI) captioned "Taiwan message: New Delhi-Taipei cooperation is both mutually beneficial and a pointed signal to China", calling it "a senseless step to test China's bottom line on the Taiwan question".

Bloomberg reported (April 9) that Shenzhen-based Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.’s Kwok Ying Shing has become one of the most active Chinese tycoons in Hong Kong with numerous new purchases.

China's Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) disclosed on April 2 that a series of corruption cases involving the top brass at financial institutions in Anhui province underscores the poor oversight of its rural credit system.

China Cosco Shipping Corp. Ltd., the world’s No. 3 shipper by capacity, said it expects to book a stunning jump in profits for the first quarter this year, buoyed by a continued rebound in the ocean freight market as the world economy emerges from the worst of a downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s (MCT) estimated that there was a 144.6% year on year increase in the number of people who travelled over the Qingming holiday, representing a 94.5% resumption of pre-pandemic travel levels.

China's State Council Information Office issued a White Paper titled "Poverty Alleviation: China's Experience and Contribution" on April 5.

China has launched a digital yuan—the first for a major currency. The technology is currently only in trial stage among around 100,000 citizens, but it is envisaged as eventually replacing cash and debit cards, allowing the government to effectively monitor all domestic transactions.

People's Daily (April 8) published an article by Liu Kun, China's Minister of Finance, captioned 'Strive to achieve high-quality financial development (in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in a new era) ——In-depth study of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on improving political judgment, political comprehension, and political execution.

Quoting China's Ministry of Education, Xinhua (April 8) said China plans to recruit 84,330 college graduates as teachers in rural primary and middle schools in 2021 as part of efforts to promote rural vitalization.

The People's Daily (April 9) disclosed that Ningbo in Zhejiang province is building a 20 billion yuan ($3.05 bln) rocket launch site to meet surging demand for satellite launching and develop the industrial cluster of the commercial aerospace sector.

The test flight for its newly developed airborne swarm carrier, which is an unmanned aerial mother ship that can carry multiple smaller drones and release them in the air for missions like reconnaissance and attack, was conducted by the company which developed it namely Zhongtian Feilong.

Beijing Youth Daily (April 6) reported that Lt General Wang Haijiang, till recently Commander of the Tibet Military Region, has been transferred and taken over his new assignment in Xinjiang.

The CCP theoretical fortnightly Qiu Shi (Seeking Truth) published (April 6) an article on learning Party History where it summarised 'General Secretary Xi Jinping's 9 requirements for learning party history'.

On April 5, the CCP Central Committee and the State Council jointly released Opinions on “Strengthening the construction of socialist legal culture.”

The authorities have ordered Chinese movie theatres to promote at least two screenings of propaganda films each week until the end of the year, in anticipation of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1.

The 'National Cooperation between the East and the West and the Work Promotion Meeting of the Central Units for Fixed-point Assistance' was held in Yinchuan, Ningxia on April 8.

An article in the Epoch Times (April 4) stated that since the CCP came to power, its military academy has trained six presidents, eight defense ministers, more than 100 commanders, and a large number of military personnel for Africa.

Argentina's LaNacion (March 23) reported that over the past decade, China has financed and built a major railroad and solar, wind and nuclear energy projects and has swapped $19 billion in currency to help Buenos Aires through a major financial crisis.

Nikkei Asia reported (April 2) that Refinitiv Oil Research estimated this month's arrivals at 3.75 million ton (27 million barrels), topping the previous record in January of 3.37 million ton.

The People's Daily (April 4) publicised that congratulatory messages had been received from foreign governments on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

Cha Daojiong, a Double-appointed professor at Peking University School of International Relations and School of South-South Cooperation and Development, in an article published by The Paper (March 30) captioned 'How do China and the United States manage their differences?' said it is difficult for the two countries to manage their differences but suggested steps for the next four years.

U.S. Ambassador to Palau, John Hennesey-Niland became the first sitting envoy to travel to Taiwan in an official capacity since Washington cut formal ties with Taipei in favour of Beijing in 1979.

Reacting to growing international criticism of human rights violations of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region by the Chinese authorities, China has launched a major PR offensive, comprising Rap songs, photo exhibitions and the musical -- “The Wings of Songs” -- targetted at the United States and Europe.

The Joint Staff Office of the Japanese Defense Ministry said (April 4) that the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and five escort vessels passed through a key waterway off Japan on their way to the Pacific Ocean.

South China Morning Post (April 3) disclosed that in 2019, a China-backed consortium – SMB-Winning – won a US$15 billion contract to develop blocks 1 and 2 of the high-grade iron ore reserves in the Simandou mountains, a 110km (68-mile) range deep in the interior of southeastern Guinea.

Voice of America (April 2) citing China's official media said Alibaba has recently established a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee at its headquarters in Beijing.

The People's Daily (April 3) reported that a press conference was held on April 2, under the aegis of the State Council Information Office where Liang Yan, Deputy Director of the State Bureau of Grain and Material Reserves, Qian Yi, Director of the Planning and Construction Department and spokesperson, and Qin Yuyun, Director of the Food Reserves briefed reporters on the grain and material reserves during the Five-Year Plan period.

Li Bo, Vice Mayor of Chongqing Municipality has stepped down from his post on March 31, to accept the appointment as a Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China (PBoC), although the central bank has yet to make an official announcement.

Xu Zhen, former chairman and Communist Party secretary of the Shanghai Clearing House (SCH) has been charged with corruption and bribery.

The Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) announced on April 4, that 65-year old Yin Jiaxu, who was Communist Party chief and Chairman of China North Industries Group Corporation (Norinco) -- one of China’s largest weapons manufacturers -- until his retirement in 2018, is being investigated for “serious violations of discipline and the law”.

Writing in "International Outlook" (Issue 2, 2020) Yu Xintian of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies, said China's diplomacy must explore ways to respond to new types of major powers, abandon the thinking and strategies of traditional major powers; re-recognize the importance of regions, and integrate them more deeply and comprehensively; and guard against traditional ideological disputes.

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on April 4, urged the United States to truly respect China's core interests and take a correct view of China's development.

Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying has drawn derision for using a fake photograph of “Black slaves” to accuse the United States of hypocrisy over alleged forced labour in Xinjiang, according to the Apple Daily (April 3).

China's State Council Information Office (SCIO) will release a white paper titled "Poverty Alleviation: China's Experience and Contribution" on April 6, and hold a press conference the same day at 10 a.m.

China Daily (April 4) front-paged a report on the Qingming (Ching Ming) Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, when Chinese people honour nature and their ancestors, that this year was on April 4.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a press conference in Beijing on March 30, that the foreign ministers of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines had been invited to visit China from March 31 to April 2.

The Global Times (March 30) publicised that on March 26 and 29, PLAAF aircraft surrounded the island of Taiwan from both west and east in two exercises.

The Global Times (March 24) reported, based on Indian media messages, that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi not long ago sent a mail to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.

On March 30, China’s government endorsed changes to Hong Kong’s legislature that reduce the proportion of directly elected representatives from 35 of 70 seats to just 20 of 90 seats.

The South China Morning Post (April 1) reported that a survey released on April 1, by the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) showed that more than a third of multinational firms in Shanghai are considering moving all or part of their operation out of China or to another Chinese city when tax exemptions on allowances for foreign employees expire next year.

Chengdu is speeding up the construction of a new international airport that will make the southwestern Chinese city the third in the country with two international airports, following Beijing and Shanghai.

On March 20, China's Ministry of Civil Affairs and 22 other departments jointly issued the "Notice on Eliminating the Breeding Soil of Illegal Social Organizations and Purifying the Ecological Space of Social Organizations".

According to the New York Times (March 29), a 19-year old girls involvement in a sex scandal involving senior Chinese officials has attracted nationwide notice.

After Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted a ceremony to celebrate the end of a three-year campaign to take on organized crime, Politburo member and Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission Guo Shengkun, announced in Beijing on March 29 that he would head a central small leading group to spearhead the battle against organised crime.

Writing in the Apple Daily (March 10), US-based Chinese dissident Wang Dan said that Chinese President Xi Jinping is carrying out a “de-Deng (Xiaoping)ization” to elevate himself among Chinese leaders and place himself next to Mao.

Qiu Shi (Seeking Truth) in its 7th issue of 2021 released on March 31, published an article by the CCP CC Organisation Department titled: Do a good job in the study and education of party history for party members and cadres.

The Qiushi Journal, 7th issue of 2021, for the first time, published the full text of the speech by President Xi Jinping at the Mobilization Conference of Party History Study and Education on February 20, 2021.

The CCP CC Politburo met on March 30 to review the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting High-quality Development in the Central Region in the New Era".

One of 15 countries that maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, Paraguay’s foreign ministry was cited by Diplomat (March 27) as saying it had been approached earlier this week by brokers claiming to offer batches of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine in exchange for Paraguay cutting its diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

Taiwan’s Defense Minister and Deputy Director of Taiwan’s main defense research institute was quoted by Diplomat (March 26) as telling reporters this week that Taiwan had begun mass producing a new long-range ground-launched missile to bolster its defenses against mainland China.

Laos has appointed 64-year old Khemmani Pholsena, a former schoolmate of Chinese President Xi Jinping to serve as a top aide to the Southeast Asian nation's new leader.

During Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to United Arab Emirates (UAE), an agreement on China-UAE cooperation on COVID-19 vaccine and epidemic control was reached.

Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported that during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's 2-day visit to Iran, the two foreign ministers Javad Zarif and Wang Yi, signed an agreement, which is expected to include Chinese investments in key sectors such as energy and infrastructure, that reflected China’s growing ambition to play a larger role in a region that has been a strategic preoccupation of the United States for decades.

Radio Free Asia reported (March 27) that Kazakh authorities had detained at least 20 people for staging anti-China protests in towns and cities across Kazakhstan on March 27.

China’s Consul General to Rio de Janeiro, Li Yang in a tweet blaming Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau for the diplomatic crisis referred to him as a “boy”.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported the statement by its spokesperson Hua Chunying on March 26 when the video of "Daniel Dunbrier's Speech at the "Xinjiang Truth Pursuit-Canadian Symposium" was played live.

Liu Zongyi, Secretary-General, China and South Asian Studies Centre, Shanghai Institute of International Studies, in an interview with the Chinese news-portal Guancha on March 24, claimed that the border standoff has lasted for so long.

Janes (March 23) reported a build-up of armour at Rudog (Rudok), Ngari (Ali) Prefecture (bordering the eastern Ladakh), TAR. The report states that at least 448 pieces of armour have been identified in positions near Rutog.

The People's Daily (March 22) reported that the Central Military Commission (CMC) issued an “Announcement on Commending Advanced Units and Individuals for Military Logistic Work” when it commended ten logistics 'danweis' and twenty individuals within the Logistics Department.

China Daily (March 25), citing China's Ministry of Transport, reported that the railway linking Nyingchi and Lhasa in TAR is expected to open by the end of June.

The People’s Daily (March 23) published a Zhong Sheng (钟声) commentary that stressed “Xinjiang-related issues” were not “human rights issues” at all but “issues of counterterrorism, deradicalization, and anti-splittism.” It said accusations of “so-called ‘genocide,’ ‘forced labour,’ and ‘religious oppression’” were “the biggest lies of this century” (本世纪最大的谎言).

Writing in the China Leadership Monitor, Minxin Pei wrote (March 1, 2021) that "the Chinese government began to implement a new form of social control – grid management – about fifteen years ago.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi started a six-country tour of the Middle East this week. According to a statement from the Foreign Ministry, Wang Yi “will pay official visits to Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and a working visit to Oman from March 24 to 30.”

Nikkei (March 23) disclosed that Toyota Motor is planning to produce the key components of fuel cell vehicles in China, starting as early as next year.

Following the sanctions imposed on March 22, by the UK for the first time on Chinese individuals and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 26 sanctioned 9 British personnel and 4 entities that maliciously spread lies and false information.

The individuals sanctioned by Mainland China and their families are prohibited from entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao of China. They and companies and institutions associated with them are also restricted from doing business with China.

On March 22, Global Times published its version of the verbal feud that was going on for the past two days between the Chinese Embassy in France and French Senator Alain Richard. Occasioned by Alain Richard's planned visit to Taiwan, it said French media outlets and members of parliament launched a fierce attack against the Chinese Embassy in France and the Chinese Ambassador, Lu Shaye.

South China Morning Post (March 24) said that speaking at a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Admiral John Aquilino told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the point at which China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would be equipped for a mission to take over Taiwan was “much closer than most think”.

In a video released by Global Times on March 23, the Editor-in-Chief of Global Times Hu Xijin pointed to the apparent coincidence in the Russian Foreign Minister visiting China on the same day the strategic talks were underway between senior U.S. and Chinese officials.

CGTN reported (March 25) that Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on March 24 and agreed to oppose any interference in the internal affairs of other countries and defend the interests of developing countries.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, talking to the Chinese media at the start of a two-day visit to China, said Moscow and Beijing were compelled to develop independently of Washington in order to thwart what he said were U.S. attempts to curb their technological development.

The Beijing-based SCS Probing Initiative claimed (March 22) that a U.S. Air Force RC-135U Combat Sent electronic intelligence aircraft flew a mission over the Strait of Taiwan on March 22 morning, approaching nearly 25 nautical miles from the coast of mainland China.

The Hong Kong government on March 25, confirmed that it had told 14 countries to stop accepting a British travel document that many of its young people use to apply for working holiday visas in Europe, North America and parts of Asia.

The People’s Daily (March 14) published a page-four Zhong Sheng (钟声) commentary condemning “a small number of Western countries” for having recently issued “so-called statements” on the NPC Decision, revealing their “sinister intention” to “treat Hong Kong as a chess piece to contain China’s development.”

The Global Times publicised that following the imposition of sanction by the US and European countries, domestic travel to Xinjiang has registered a sharp increase.

Caixin (March 26) said China aims to boost its overall airport capacity by nearly half in the next five years, with an emphasis on regional facilities.

The 2021 China Development Forum started online and on-site in Beijing on March 20.

A report in the South China Morning Post (March 20) stated that during a massive dig at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan, which started from 2019, almost 500 artefacts made from gold, bronze, jade and ivory more than 3,000 years ago were uncovered.

The PLA Daily (March 18) disclosed that a comprehensive training base of the Tibet Military Region had received the first batch of spring recruits.

Xinhua and the People's Daily (March 15) disclosed that the Central Military Commission recently issued the newly revised "Work Regulations of the Chinese Communist Party Army Disciplinary Inspection Committee", which will come into force on April 1, 2021.

Xinhua on March 23, quoted Li Jun, Assistant Director of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission (CMC) to say that there will be no military parade during this year's celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Li Jn made the statement at a press conference in Beijing on March 23.

Writing in the People's Daily (March 25) He Xiuchao, Party Secretary of the Central University of Finance and Economics, recalled Xi Jinping's injunction that: "Party, government, military, and civilian studies, east, west, south, north, middle, and the party leads everything".

In accordance with the requirements for vocational education in the "14th Five-Year Plan" national economic and social development and the 2035 long-term goal, China’s Education Ministry updated a national list of vocational courses to include subjects like 5G, big data and cloud computing, as the government tries to equip the workforce with the necessary skills to transform the country into a technology superpower.

China's State Council Information Office issued a 28-page report on March 24 on the condition of human rights in the United States in 2020.

Reporting (March 18) that the Central Military Commission Chairman and China's President Xi Jinping had signed the 2021 training mobilization order, the PLA Daily (March 18) disclosed that the order emphasizes the need to strengthen simulation, networking, and confrontational means, explore training methods such as "technology + network" and greatly increase the content of training technology.

Xinhua and the South China Morning Post separately reported (March 25) Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit on inspection to Fujian Province from March 22-25.

A Global Times (March 19) article sought to keep India appeased by saying that 'India will not downgrade as a US' appendage like Japan since New Delhi seeks major power autonomy.'

Reuters (March 20) quoted Major General Yao Yunzhu, who retired from the PLA think-tank Academy of Military Sciences (AMS) and is presently Director Emeritus of the Centre on China-America Defence Relations under the AMS, as saying at the China Development Forum attended by an international audience of business and policy leaders forum in Beijing on March 20 that the failure of this week's United States-China meeting to build strategic trust has heightened the need for Beijing and Washington to improve their crisis management regime.

In an article in Global Times (March 20) it's Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin commented that after US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's visit to India, the joint statement between US and Indian defense chiefs did not mention China.

The Philippines coast guard reported that about 220 vessels manned by militia were seen moored at Whitsun Reef, which Manila calls Julian Felipe Reef, on March 7.

Global Times (March 19), quoting a Japan Ministry of Defense Joint Staff press release of March 19, reported that China's new 10,000-ton Type-055 destroyer 'Nanchang' accompanied by the Type 052D guided missile destroyer Chengdu and the Type 054A guided missile frigate Daqing passed through the Tsushima Strait and sailed toward the Sea of Japan on March 18.

Xie Ru, Vice Chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference, was quoted by People's Daily (March 19) as saying that colleges and universities in the country should use “examples of poverty alleviation to teach ideological and political lessons will help demonstrate the strong leadership, organization and execution of the Communist Party of China, and demonstrate the selfless dedication and noble character of party members and cadres in poverty alleviation, so that young students can deeply understand China.”

A meeting of the Party History Study and Education gave a Report to the Central Propaganda Group meeting on March 20 in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, where Zhang Shujun, a member of the Central Propaganda Group and former member of the Central Party History and Documentation Research Institute, spoke.

The People's Daily (March 18) published an article by Xu Jianfei of the School of Marxism, Yangzhou University, who wrote about learning from Party history.

The Central Propaganda Department, the Central Organization Department, the Central Party History and Documentation Research Institute, the Central and State Organ Working Committee, the Ministry of Education, the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, and the Beijing Municipal Committee jointly organised a meeting in Beijing on Party history.

The Beijing-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu in a speech at the CPPCC on March 11 criticised foreign interference in Tibetan affairs saying that “anti-China forces” care nothing for the Tibetan people and only raise issues of religious freedom in order to hinder China’s development.

The trial of two Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been detained in China since December 2018, soon after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at the request of the United States, is to start in China on March 19. Court hearings are to be held on March 19 and 23.

Reacting to the US 'human rights issue' discussed during the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, where multiple countries criticized its worsening human rights situation, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the self-claimed "beacon of human rights" should really shed light on itself sometimes.

An article authored by Yuan Li of China'sMinistry of Education and Foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center, published in Guangming Daily (March 17) said "as two world powers, China and the United States" should not block people-to-people exchanges and urged that Confucius Institutes, which he claimed are "a purely language and cultural education project" and "were unreasonably suppressed in the United States" should be permitted to function.

Writing in Caixin (March 17), Professor Wang Jisi, President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies at Peking University, in a speech at the Lanting Forum in February in Beijing addressed the issue of “rebuilding political trust” between China and the United States.

Chinese Ambassador to the US gave a joint interview with Xinhua News Agency, China International Television, and Phoenix Satellite TV just 24 hours before the Sino-US high-level strategic dialogue in Anchorage on March 17.

Commenting on the high-level US-China meeting on March 18 and which the US insists is only a dialogue with no promise of future meetings, Xinhua (March 17) said "For China and the United States, whose relations have plunged to the lowest point since their establishment of diplomatic relations in the 1970s, the arrival of the long-awaited official dialogue between high-ranking diplomats undoubtedly sends a positive signal.

The 2-day talks between the US and China opened in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18 with the US represented by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and NSA Jake Sullivan and China by Politburo member and Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Committee Yang Jiechi and State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

At least 39 people were reported killed in Myanmar as Chinese-financed factories were set ablaze in the poor, industrial Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone suburb of Yangon on March 14.

The European Union agreed on March 17, to blacklist Chinese officials for human rights abuses, the first sanctions against Beijing since an EU arms embargo in 1989 following the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

In a statement on March 17, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken disclosed that the US State Department has identified 24 PRC and Hong Kong officials, including 14 Vice-Chairmen of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee and officials in the Hong Kong Police Force’s National Security Division, the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, and the Office for Safeguarding National Security, whose actions have reduced Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy.

China Cyberspace Authority and the Ministry of Public Security summoned 11 tech companies including @BytedanceTalk @Xiaomi @AlibabaGroup and @TencentGlobal for talks on March 18, to discuss and assess voice-based social media and deep-fake tech.

China's Economic Daily reported on March 13 that the People’s Bank of China had announced (March 12) that it will launch a trial that will allow multinational corporations (MNCs) greater freedom to exchange currency to help companies reduce the cost of hedging foreign exchange risk.

A report in Naval News (January 2021) stated that the Chinese Survey ship, the Xiang Yang Hong 03, has been operating in a 500,000 square km area in the Indian Ocean.

A report of the Washington-based think tank the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) disclosed in February that China is building at least 16 silos in the missile training area west of Wuhai in Inner Mongolia.

Politburo member and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) Xu Qiliang spoke at the delegates’ meeting of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and of the People’s Armed Police (PAP). He said that the past year has been extremely unprecedented.

Writing in the People's Daily (March 17), Qu Qingshan, Dean of the Central Party History and Literature Research Institute, disclosed that the CCP CC Propaganda Department, in accordance with the instructions of the Party Central Committee, had "officially" published the 180,000-character "Questions and Answers on the Study of Xi Jinping Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era".

PBSC member and Vice Premier Han Zheng held a symposium at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on March 16 to kick-off work related to the 14th Five-Year Plan and the 2035 Long-Term Goal Outline.

Chinese Politburo member and CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang, while on an inspection tour (March 14-17, 2021) to the Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region called for fully implementing the Party's policies on governing Xinjiang for the new era and consolidate the foundation for enduring peace and stability in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The leaders of the Quad countries had a summit meeting on March 12, where they committed to hold an in-person leaders’ summit this year. The leaders' issued a joint statement after the meeting.

The US Federal Communications Commission on March 12 designated five Chinese companies as posing a threat to national security.

Zhang Xiaoming, Executive Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said at a press conference called by the State Council on March 12 after the NPC Plenum: "My colleagues in the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and I were sanctioned by the US last year, and we are very proud of that".

An article in Nikkei Asia (March 12) stated that U.S. and China are engaged in psychological warfare over how to define the upcoming meeting between the US and Chinese officials in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18.

According to the 21st Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on China-India Border Affairs held on March 12, China and India agreed to hold another round of commander-level talks as soon as possible to further ease the situation on the ground and jointly safeguard the hard-won peace and stability in the border areas.

State-owned CCTV telecast its Focus Today Programme (March 12) headlined 'India strengthens its underwater combat power, the United States is eager to tie India to the "Indo-Pacific tank"?' I

Well known Chinese Professor of International Relations at Renmin University and America expert Jin Canrong was interviewed by the popular news portal Guangcha.com on March 7.

The US-based pro-Beijing Duowei News on March 9, 2021, published an article on China's expanding military influence in Africa. The Global Times had published a similar article on February 1, 2021.

The report China’s Space Narrative, a collaboration between the China Aerospace Studies Institute and CNA’s China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division, disclosed on March 13 that by November 2020, China was home to over 160 commercial space companies, over half of which were founded in the last seven years.

Radio Free Asia reported (March 11) that Sichuan International Studies University had issued an internal notice on March 8, to recruit student information officers.

An article in the Guangming Daily (March 14), quoting Chinese President Xi Jinping's statement on replacing minority languages with Mandarin, said that the 'national common spoken and written language' has for decades played a major role in 'the development of politics, economy, culture, education, transportation, and information technology in ethnic areas.

A CCTV programme on March 13 pointed out that the "Outline of Long-term Goals for 2035", or the "Planning Outline" mentioned 20 main indicators in five categories: economic development, innovation drive, people's livelihood and welfare, green ecology, and safety assurance. It is divided into three sections.

CCTV reported (March 9) that at the Plenary Session of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and People's Armed Police Forces (PAPF) at the Fourth Session of the 13th National People’s Congress meeting, six representatives including Xiang Xiang, Xin Yi, Qi Huguang, Xiao Dongsong, Wang Huiqing, and Wang Qifan spoke on accelerating national defense technological innovation, developing new territories and new quality combat forces, innovating the sergeant system, innovating the work of talents, and doing a good job in our military.

A Xinhua report (March 13) clarified that the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the '2035 Long-Term Goal Outline' announced at the NPC had clearly stated that the legal retirement age should be gradually delayed in accordance with the principles of "small-step adjustment, flexible implementation, classified promotion, and overall planning."

Zhang Shuhua, a member of the CPPCC and Director of the Institute of Political Science at CASS, proposed (March 10) promoting "male masculinity" in literature, education and television.

A South China Morning Post (March 13) article disclosed that Xu Jin, a Delegate to the CPPCC, had last week suggested that the government remove English as a core subject in compulsory education and as a requirement for university entrance examinations, said learning English, or any other foreign language, was a waste of time and resources.

The New Tang Dynasty TV (March 7) disclosed that the Propaganda Department of the Qilian County (of Qinghai Province) Party Committee had published a speech by County Party Committee Secretary He Bin on February 25, 2021, on its Qilian News website.

In an article in the People's Daily (March 12) where he mentioned Xi Jinping 17 times, Zhang Anmin, Secretary-General of the CCP CC's Organisation Department, pointed out that CCP CC General Secretary Xi Jinping had asked that: “Leading cadres at all levels, especially senior cadres, must base themselves on the overall strategy of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

U.S. agricultural exports to China in 2020 rose to 55.5 million tons and comprised one-quarter of all farm shipments three years after the start of a bruising trade war, according to U.S.

The US State Department released a statement by US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on March 11, evening in apparent reaction to the passage of the Hongkong Reform Bill by China's NPC on March 11, and asserting that "the United States condemns the PRC’s continuing assault on democratic institutions in Hong Kong".

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken confirmed on Twitter on March 11, that "I will meet on March 18 with People’s Republic of China Director Yang Jiechi and State Councilor Wang Yi in Alaska to engage on a range of issues, including those where we have deep disagreements."

Russia and China have unveiled plans for a joint lunar space station. The Russian space agency Roscomos said in a statement on March 9, that it had signed an agreement with China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) to develop a “complex of experimental research facilities created on the surface and/or in the orbit of the Moon”.

The Global Times (March 8) cited Chinese experts saying the US attempts to gather allies "will end up in dismay, as other members in the club have an "all-for-itself" agenda, and won't tie themselves to the US' scheme".

An official TAR government website quoted Che Dalha, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), as saying (March 6) that TAR authorities should “strive to begin construction [of the dams] this year”.

The Global Times (March 7) citing video footage released by 'Passion News', a news portal run by the Chinese Communist Youth League Central Committee, said the PLA Navy recently commissioned its second 10,000 ton-class Type 055 large destroyer with Hull No: 102 named after Lhasa.

The People's Daily (March 4) publicised the Xinhua (March 3) report that the Central Military Commission (CMC) had issued the "Notice on Carrying out Party History Study and Education in the Whole Army" and instructed that arrangements be made for "the whole army to carry out" the year-long "Party History Study and Education" campaign.

China Daily (March 9) said that Li Hong, Deputy General Manager of the State-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.(CAST) and Delegate to the CPPCC, disclosed on the sidelines of the ongoing CPPCC session that CAST plans to carry out the maiden flight of its Smart Dragon 3 carrier rocket in the first half of next year.

The Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (HSMC), Located in an industrial park outside the city of Wuhan and which was meant to become a $19.8 billion showcase homegrown microchip industry producing cutting-edge chips using 14- and 7-nanometer technology capable of challenging the West, has quietly closed down.

China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said (March 8) on the sidelines of the NPC session that China has formally ratified the 15-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region.

The South China Morning Post (March 10) reported that He Yiting, former Executive Vice President of the Central Party School and a close associate of Chinese President Xi Jinping, has warned against the rise of domestic nationalism while tensions between China and major powers were rising.

Li Guoying (李国英) was appointed minister of the Ministry of Water Resources.

China's Foreign Ministry reported Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's remarks at the press conference (March 7) on the sidelines of the NPC

The NPC approved the 'Decision on Improving the Electoral System of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region' on March 11, 2021.

Complying with Xi Jinping's instructions that SOEs should be "bigger, better, and stronger", the 14th Five-Year Plan has encouraged SOEs to focus on their core business.

Premier Li Keqiang declared in his Government Work Report to the NPC (March 5): "We will give priority to domestic circulation, and work to build a strong domestic market and turn China into a trader of quality. We will leverage the flows of the domestic economy to make China a major magnet for global production factors and resources, thereby promoting positive interplay between domestic circulation and international circulation."

China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and Vice Chairman of the Economic Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Miao Wei was quoted by Caixin (March 8) as saying China will need another 30 years to become a true manufacturing powerhouse.

The draft of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan outlines a drive for self-reliance in science and technology and reveals that over the next five years, China plans to invest substantially more in research on basic technology.

Fox News reported (March 6) that the U.S. Senate had unanimously passed 'The Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States (CONFUCIUS) Act' this week. The Act tightens restrictions on Confucius Institutes.

Nikkei Asia reported (March 4) that China has begun construction of a 319.8 billion yuan ($49.4 billion)-rail line that would greatly improve access to Tibet.

A draft Bill for improving Hong Kong’s electoral system was submitted to the National People’s Congress (NPC) for review on March 5.

Xinhua (March 5) reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping took part in deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on March 5, at the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress.

China raised the IncomeTax exemption limit for individuals earning 5000 Yuan a month to 10,000 Yuan a month.

Military deputies to the NPC and members of the CPPCC put forward opinions and suggestions on a number of issues about national defense and army building.

Jia Qingguo, a CPPCC delegate and Professor of International Relations at Peking University, submitted a proposal to the CPPCC calling for the removal of “unnecessary” approval processes for academics engaging with think tanks and overseas exchange opportunities.

Global Times (March 7) said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was invited to discuss "China’s foreign policy and foreign affairs relationship" related questions from Chinese and foreign reporters.

Speaking at a 90-minute-long press conference on March 7, on the sidelines of the NPC session, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi appeared to put a positive spin on ties with Japan and India. In response to concerns from Japan about China’s new coastguard law, Wang Yi said the law was not targeted at any nation.

China has budgeted 1.36 trillion yuan (US$ 209 billion) for national defence, an increase of 6.8% over last year. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stressed PLA training in his Report.

The Report allocated 185.092 billion yuan on public security, up 0.7% from last year.

In his Report on the Work of the Government, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang set a GDP growth rate target of 6%, lower than the expectation of many Chinese economists that either Beijing would forgo the numerical target altogether or set an ambitious 8% growth rate.

Xinhua (March 2) reported that the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) and the US State Legislative Leadership Foundation jointly held the 5th China-U.S. Provinces and States Video conference of the Legislature Cooperation Forum. it said this forum is the first China-U.S. exchange and cooperation mechanism activity resumed after the new U.S. government took office.

The Global Times (March 3) noted that US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on February 24 to review the global supply chains of four key products including semiconductors, in a bid to shake off dependence on overseas suppliers, especially Chinese ones.

PLA Major General Jin Yinan, a Professor in China's National Defence University (NDU) and member of the Chinese Communist Party who teaches national security strategy, international conflict and crisis management and is a prolific writer, gave a talk on February 27, 2021.

Taiwan's CNC reported (March 3) that Lithuania is considering leaving the Beijing-initiated "17+1 forum" and building links with Taiwan.

The State-owned Enterprise (SoE) State Grid Corporation of China, which provides electrical grid services to 26 Chinese provinces together covering 88% of China’s total geographical area, disclosed its decarbonization plan on March 1.

Reuters (March 2) reported that China Eastern Airlines signed a firm order with the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) for five of China's home-built C919 jets, which will compete with Boeing Co's 737 and the Airbus SE A320.

The US$20 billion semiconductor manufacturing project backed by the Chinese government has gone belly-up, Wuhan Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (HSMC), on February 26 announced its decision to dismiss all employees.

An article in Bloomberg (March 2) stated that China just can’t produce what the world needs by way of chips and chipmaking machinery.

47-year old Zhang Wei, who was till recently Deputy Manager of COSCO Shipping Lines, has been appointed a Vice Mayor of Shanghai.

Bertrand Guillet, Director of the Château des ducs de Bretagne (Musée d’histoire de Nantes) announced a few months ago that it had been forced to postpone its exhibition 'Son of the sky and steppes : Genghis Khan and the birth of an empire' to October 2024 due to last summer’s hardened stance by the Chinese government towards its Mongolian minority.

The CCP International Department (CCP/ID) disclosed (February 22) that it, along with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) Party Committee, held an online “Stories of the CCP” thematic briefing on Xinjiang from Ürümqi.

The Oriental Daily newspaper reported (March 3) that former Next Digital Executive Director Stephen Ting had been detained on fraud allegations. The Hongkong Police in a separate statement on March 2 evening confirmed the arrest of a 61-year-old man “after an in-depth investigation by the National Security Department.”

A symposium on “Improving the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ System, Implementing the Basic Principle of ‘Patriots Governing Hong Kong’” was held on February 22, in Beijing. Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council (HKMAO) Director Xia Baolong (夏宝龙) gave a lengthy speech on the subject of “patriots governing Hong Kong.”

The latest Hurun Global Rich List 2021 released last week showed that one in every two newly minted dollar-denominated billionaires last year were in China.

In the run-up to the NPC session, the People's Daily (March 3) published an article quoting comments by NPC Deputies on the 14th Five-Year Plan.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang presented a 36-page Report on the Work of the Government to the NPC session on March 5, 2021. Delegates to the CPPCC and others also attended and will discuss the Report but not vote on it.

The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 3, Former TAR Party Secretary Zhang Qingli announced the opening of the conference. PBSC Member and CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang delivered a speech. More than 2106 CPPCC Delegates attended the session.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron, According to Caixin (February 26) the Chinese Foreign Ministry released a statement on February 25 calling for joint efforts for an early entry into force of the China-EU investment agreement.

Separately, a document dated February 15, 2018, which was declassified and released on January 20, in the final days of the Trump administration emphasised Washington's intent and resolve to defend Taiwan from Beijing in the event of an emergency.

Writing on the East Asia Forum (February 26) Cui Lei, Research Fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, a think tank affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, argued that Mainland China is in no position to take Taiwan by force.

As relations between China and Taiwan sour further, the South China Morning Post (February 26) disclosed that officials in Beijing had said a ban had been imposed on the import of pineapples from Taiwan as a “normal biosafety measure”.

Reports on February 28 evening disclosed that the authorities had arrested 47 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, adding to the lengthening list of people being punished under the National Security Law recently imposed by China.

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) February 26, published an article by Xu Guangmiao, a lecturer at the China Institute of Border and Oceanography, Wuhan University, which says China needs to reinforce its role in the Arctic order. He advocates building of the "Arctic Community of Shared Future".

A Guangming Daily (February 28) article on the start of recruitment of college students to the PLA, disclosed that military experts and grassroots chief officials had been invited to the Suzhou Jianxiong Vocational and Technical College in Jiangsu Province and other educational institutions to express their views on the mental and psychological preparation required for college students to join the army.

The South China Morning Post (February 27) reported that the Shenzhen Keweitai Enterprise Development Corp, which sells drones under the brand All Tech, published an article on its official WeChat account on February 25, saying the company is very proud of its role in helping the Chinese army during the border clash.

According to the latest new-energy vehicles (NEV) development plan released on February 25, pure electric vehicles should make up half of the new cars sold in Shanghai by 2025, according to an aggressive plan that comes as localities are looking for ways to slash carbon emissions to meet ambitious national pledges.

Speaking at a conference in December, but the text of which was published by a magazine affiliated with China's Ministry of Finance only in February, China's former Finance Minister Lou Jiwei, who is presently Director of the CPPCC’s Foreign Affairs Committee, warned that China’s fiscal situation is “extremely severe with risks and challenges”.

China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced (March 1) that the China national Carbon market will launch online Trading by end of June. The Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu visited both Hubei and Shanghai inspecting the national ETS Registry and Trading platform.

Xinhua (February 25) reported that China had officially established a National Rural Revitalization Bureau on February 25 on the former site of the defunct State Council Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development in Beijing.

The Xinhua and CGTN announced (March 1) that the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, will hold its fourth session on March 4, in Beijing.

Xi Jinping chaired the 28th collective study session of the Politburo which discussed improving the social security system covering all people.

Chinese President and CCP CC General Secretary Xi Jinping chaired a meeting of the Politburo on February 26. The meeting discussed the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for the National Economic and Social Development, which the State Council plans to submit to the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress for review.

The Financial Times (February 16) reported that China is exploring whether it can hurt U.S. defense contractors by limiting supplies of rare-earth minerals that are critical to the industry.

A People's Daily article (February 25) titled 'the 50th Anniversary of China-U.S. Reopening the Door of Exchange: Respect each other and seek common ground while reserving differences (prosperous years)' briefly recounted some of the contacts between the leaders of the two countries since 1972.

Speaking on February 22, 2021, at the opening ceremony of the Lanting Forum on "Dialogue and Cooperation, Controlling Differences-Promoting Sino-US Relations Back on Track", State Councilor Wang Yi said China and the United States should work together to reopen dialogue and “build up goodwill” to repair their damaged relationship.

Radio Free Asia (February 22) and UK's Daily Mail (February 20 & 21) reported that “Hundreds of independent schools left in dire financial straits by the coronavirus pandemic are being targeted by Chinese investors.”

The South China Morning Post (February 25) reported that Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told Ceylon Today on February 20 that “the previous government made a mistake on the Hambantota port deal when they cancelled the lease and gave it on a longer period of 99 years plus another 99 years once the first term ends”.

The Canadian Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favour of declaring the atrocities in the Xinjiang genocide. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau abstained from voting on the motion, which passed 266-0.

The Strategist (February 25) published a report revealing that each night for more than a week, unregistered flights between Yangon and Kunming have been transporting unknown goods and personnel from China to Myanmar.

Nikkei Asia (February 25) stated that at the beginning of February, India raised import duties on roughly 30 products in a move that seeks to rebalance trade with China and develop local industry. The levies on solar lamps and cells are now between 15 and 20% from the previous 5%. Cellphone charging devices, which were tariff-free, were slapped with a 10% levy.

Citing Bloomberg (February 22) the Chinese financial magazine Caixin (February 23) stated that China regained its position as India’s top trade partner in 2020, as New Delhi’s reliance on imported machines outweighed its efforts to curb commerce with Beijing after a bloody border conflict.

China's business magazine reported (February 21) that Huawei expects that its smartphone shipments this year will drop by more than 60 per cent to about 70 million units. Huawei’s smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2020 fell by 40 per cent.

Population statistics published by the National Bureau of Statistics of China show a sharp decline in birth rates in Xinjiang amid reports of mass internment and population control of ethnic minorities in the region.

CCTV (February 25) telecast a special report publicising that on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, "A Brief History of the Communist Party of China", compiled by the Central Propaganda Department and organized by the Central Party History and Literature Research Institute, has been published by the People Published jointly by China Press and CPC History Publishing House, for nationwide distribution.

Xinhua (February 24) announced the release of a new book titled "Excerpts from Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao on the History of the Communist Party of China" edited by the CCP CC's Institute of Party History and Documentation and recently published by the Central Literature Publishing House for distribution nationwide.

China News (February 24) reported that on February 23, an explosion was reported at a restaurant 650 meters (0.4 miles) away from the CCP headquarters in the Zhongnanhai district in Beijing possibly causing one death, while six people were injured.

Xinhua (February 24) disclosed that the CCP CC and State Council had recently issued the "National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning Outline".

The People's Daily (February 25) published an article by Zhao Xiaoyan, a Deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) and a researcher at the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, on providing technical training and promotion for local farmers in rural areas.

The People's Daily (February 24) published an unusual article spread over 3 entire pages (page 1-3) portraying Chinese President Xi Jinping as a visionary leader and extolling him as personally responsible for eradicating poverty.

According to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Special Envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, had a conversation with Chinese Communist Party officials about the Biden Administration’s rejoining the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement.

In a lengthy article published by the CASS on February 18, Hu Jian, a researcher at the Soft Power Research Center of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, contested US academic Allison’s theory of "Thucydides Trap" regarding the relationship between the rising power and the preserving power, calling it "inherently contradictory".

Hu Xijin, Editor-in-Chief of Global Times, wrote an article critical of the US in the Global Times (February 18) and portrayed it as an incompetent country.

CCTV (February 20) reported that the US aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt's battle group carried out a "comprehensive exercise" where "the SEALs provided forward target data, the Marine Corps at the expedition base provided missile strike options, and carried aircraft and surface ships of the aircraft carrier battle group"

China's state-run news agency Xinhua on February 19, published an article saying that “China’s military authorities have honored two officers and three soldiers, including four who received the awards posthumously, for defending the country’s western border.”

Just before the third Quad meeting of the US, Japan, India and Australia since 2020 to be held on February 18, Chinese experts said China should keep a close watch on the Indo-Pacific region and mark its red lines.

CCTV (February 20) reported that CMC Chairman Xi Jinping and the Central Military Commission had recently approved the issue of the "Decision on Building a New Military Training System."

An article in the Diplomat (February 20) reacting to a report in The National Pulse entitled “Biden Quietly Revokes Trump’s Ban On Chinese Communist Propaganda In Schools”, said the Confucius Institutes are a creature of China’s United Front Work Department (UFWD).

The state-run CCTV telecast (February 20) a report of a symposium to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Hua Guofeng held on February 20 in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. PBSC member and Secretary of the CCP CC Secretariat Wang Huning attended and delivered a speech.

Caixin (February 19) reported that China’s National Health Commission had suggested to northeastern regional governments that they assess the impact of fully abolishing limits on the number of births and put forward a pilot program for implementing a comprehensive family planning policy in the region.

The People's Daily published (February 21) a nearly 5000-character article by Politburo member Yang Jiechi highlighting China's contribution to multipolarity. Yang Jiechi said China 'holds high the banner of a community with a shared future for mankind and firmly safeguard the authority of the United Nations.

CCTV (February 19) publicised that Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the State and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, had replied to the centenarian soldiers of the Shanghai New Fourth Army History Research Association on February 18, and extended sincere greetings and good wishes to them.

The state-run CCTV (February 20) telecast a report on the Party History Study and Education Mobilization Conference held in Beijing on February 20, where Chinese President Xi Jinping gave an "important" speech.

China's state-owned CGTN announced (February 21) that the CCP CC had issued its Central Document No: 1 on Agriculture. This is the first Document of 2021.

Caixin (February 18) quoted a Bloomberg report which said that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce had in a report, highlighting the cost of a full decoupling of the world’s two largest economies, claimed that American companies would lose hundreds of billions of dollars if they slashed investment in China or the nations increased tariffs.

On February 11, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh told Radio Free Asia's Khmer Service that the fourth Golden Dragon exercise, which was due to take place from March 13 to 27, and involved around 3,000 Cambodian and Chinese troops engaging in live ammunition drills, including training on the use of tanks, armoured vehicles, and demining equipment, would be cancelled this year.

Foreign Policy (February 17) assessed that the widespread protests against the February 1 military coup in Myanmar have taken on an increasingly anti-Chinese tone, with rallies held outside the Chinese Embassy in Yangon and calls growing for boycotts of Chinese goods and services.

The Japan Times (February 17) reported that according to the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters based in Naha, two China Coast Guard (CCG) ships entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkakus and the Taishojima island at around 4:15 a.m. on February 16.

Radio France Internationale (RFI) Chinese Edition reported (February 10) that the just-concluded 17+1 Summit between China and the Central and Eastern European countries is showing a changing relationship. There are now 15 European countries that are connected to China via railway for cargo transportation.

Li Zhanshu, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC), proposed the formation of the joint committee for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC, in a virtual meeting held with Asad Qaiser, the Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly, toward the end of January. Both directed their secretaries to form the joint parliamentary oversight committee.

A US Defence Blog disclosed that China is to buy 400 aircraft from Ukraine to build hundreds of new military aircraft. It stated (January 17) that, Ukraine's Madasi company was awarded a $800 million contract to support the production of China's JL-10 trainer aircraft.

This year's recruitment to the PLA will be held in two rounds with one starting on February 20 and ending on March 31, and the other scheduled between August 15 and September 30.

CCTV (February 18) reported that the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission had approved the newly revised "Regulations on Political Work in the Army" that were promulgated and implemented recently.

The European Consumer Organization filed a complaint with the European Commission on February 17, accusing the popular short-video app TikTok of violating the rights of users and exposing underage viewers to inappropriate material.

Caixin (February 15) reported that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), is crafting a package of policies to support finance for green development as part of efforts to play a more active role in the nation’s fight against climate change.

A report published by Caixin (February 18) disclosed that new research suggests that "hundreds of Chinese heart disease patients died avoidable deaths, with more still suffering heart attacks and strokes, after 100,000 went untreated in unnecessary trials of widely used medication".

Radio Free Asia (February 16) reported that on February 14, the CCP CC General Office and the State Council's General Office jointly issued the “Opinions on the Implementation of the Inheritance and Development Project of China’s Excellent Traditional Culture,” highlighting the need to “rejuvenate China’s traditional culture comprehensively by 2025.”

The Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of Tianjin, on February 14, issued a “Notice on Attentively Watching the TV Series ‘Crossing the Yalu River,’” asking all CCP organizations in government agencies and civil groups to watch the TV program streamed by the state-owned China Central Television (CCTV).

A lengthy article by Dong Zhenrui of the Central Party History and Literature Research Institute was published in the Chinese version of China Discipline Inspection Commission Daily on February 18, underlining that 2021 is the first year of "a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country. Standing on such a new starting point, we need to establish a correct view of history".

China's Supreme People's Court issued a policy document on February 18, on integrating 'socialist core values' into court judgments/rulings and in the reasoning and explanation of the law.

Speaking at a UN meeting on February 17, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said nations must cooperate, respect science and reject misinformation, with the Security Council leading by example. Caixin (February 28) quoted him as urging the world to reject “vaccine nationalism” and promote fair and equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, saying that China has exported vaccines to 22 countries.

The People's Daily (February 8) reported that while speaking at a meeting of the National Party History and Documentation Department's main leaders in Beijing on February 7, Ding Xuexiang, Politburo member and Director of the CCP CC General Office, emphasized the importance of deepening the study and propaganda of party history, especially Xi Jinping Thought.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chaired an Executive Meeting of the State Council on February 18 to listen to a report on the implementation of the proposals of the 'Two Sessions' in 2020, and seek opinions on sustainable and healthy economic and social development.

The People's Daily (February 14) published an article captioned 'Working together to open up a bright future for Sino-US relations is the right thing to comply with public opinion and the general trend, and both sides should act'.

The Chinese site 'qq' on February 10, published a short article captioned "India has withdrawn! China and India disengaged on the front line. Has China won? Will India come again?"

An article published by Nyingtri (Nyingchi)'s official website highlights the success of civil-military integration in Nanyi Town, Minling County, Nyingtri.

China’s railway passenger traffic plunged almost 70% during the 15 days before the Lunar New Year as authorities urged people to “celebrate in place” and avoid unnecessary travel to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

State-owned CCTV News (February 14) highlighted that Technological independence and self-reliance is the strategic support of national development" and that the Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of last year had prioritised that the first key task of this year was to strengthen the national strategic scientific and technological capabilities.

Reuters (February 11) reported U.S. President Joe Biden's comment on February 10 that the Pentagon would review its strategy toward China, looking at pivotal areas including intelligence, technology and Washington’s military footprint in the region.

China's CCTV (February 11) reported the US President Biden's telephone call to Chinese President Xi Jinping in February on the eve of the Lunar New Year and said he had conveyed greetings on the occasion to the Chinese people.

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payn disclosed (February 9) that China formally arrested a Chinese-born Australian journalist working for the state-owned CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas.

The South China Morning Post (February 5) reported that China's Ministry of Education issued an alert on February 5, to “conduct proper safety risks assessments, and be cautious in choosing to go to or return to Australia for their studies”.

CCTV telecast a report highlighting the China-CEEC Leaders Summit held in video mode on February 9.

A report critical of India and posted on the Chinese news portal .163.com on February 11, with the caption 'Biden made a call in vain: the frontline units of the Chinese and Indian armed forces disengaged in a planned way', claimed that the defusing of the more than half a year's crisis is "a huge bad news for the United States".

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on February 10, 2021, in Beijing on February 10: Q:It is reported that the Chinese and Indian militaries started disengagement in the Pangong Lake area on February 10. Can you confirm that?

A People's Daily (February 6) article, while sharply criticising Jimmy Lai (aka - Li Zhiying) owner of Hongkong's Apple Daily as "leader of the Gang of Four" and sparing "no effort to mess up Hong Kong", also criticised the US.

Caixin reported (February 9) that Chinese regulators on February 8, summoned Tesla Inc. representatives over safety issues with its vehicles and told the electric-car maker to improve internal management and comply with Chinese law and regulations.

According to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) on February 9, China vehicle sales rose 29.5% in January, aided partly by the Lunar New Year, as the market continued to rebound from a period of weakness exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic in the first half of 2020. Some 2.5 million vehicles were sold in China in the first month of 2021.

The Chinese financial magazine Caixin reported (February 9) that the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) had set up a joint venture with SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication), the global network that processes transactions between financial institutions in different countries.

China's state-owned CCTV announced (February 11) that China's first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, successfully entered the orbit of the ring fire, achieving the first step of "circumnavigation, patrol".

China’s Ministry of Public Security disclosed on February 8, that around 10 million newborns were entered into Hukou, the Chinese household-registration system, in 2020.

Ms. Geng Xiaonan, a publisher and friend of Xu Zhangrun, a former professor at Tsinghua University Law School, was charged with "illegal business operations."

An article by Li Xingang of the Department of Politics and Law Education and Research, Zibo Municipal Party School, Shandong Province and published in the "Chinese Cadres Tribune" on February 8, 2021, disclosed that the CCP Central Committee had begun examining ways to improve implementation of the Party's Rules and Regulations.

The South China Morning Post (February 11) disclosed that the Chinese Communist Party had on February 10 expelled former Shanghai police chief Gong Daoan, setting the stage for him to stand trial.

CCTV on February 8, reported that on the eve of the Spring Festival Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, on February 7 inspected Yuncheng, Shanxi, where he emphasised that "under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core", things that benefit the people should be done practically and well, and people's livelihood should be continuously improved in the course of sustainable development.

Xinhua (February 10) reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping conveyed Spring Festival greetings on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council, to all "Chinese people of all ethnic groups" on February 10 at a reception in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Canada, citing “deep concerns” about the national security law, announced that Hongkongers who recently graduated from Canadian educational institutions will soon have a new pathway to permanent residency as Ottawa launches a three-year open work permit for them.

Two articles in China's state-owned Global Times (February 6) sought to project China's advantageous position vis-a-vis the US. One article stated, "China's down-to-earth diplomatic approach is gradually showing its effectiveness.

The United States Navy conducted its first freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) under the new Biden administration on February 5.

The Global Times (February 1) reported that the PLA sent warplanes for exercises near the Taiwan Straits almost every day in January 2021. A separate Liberty Times report claims that only on January 1, 8, 10 and 21, did the PLA not enter Taiwan’s ADIZ.

Hong Kong’s Census and Statistics Department said on February 2, that Hong Kong posted its steepest decline in retail sales since records began in 1981 as the number of visitors to the city collapsed and local residents tightened their belts amid the coronavirus pandemic, dealing another blow to the city’s already struggling economy.

China’s Permanent Mission in Geneva and the Xinjiang government jointly held a video presentation titled ‘Xinjiang is a Good Place’ on February 3. Diplomats from more than 50 countries in Geneva including nearly 20 ambassadors, UN Human Rights Office officials, Human Rights Council Special Mechanism experts and other guests participated.

A lengthy article by Zhang Yun, a research fellow at the China Tibetology Research Center, was published by the Global Times (February 7) claiming that "the 29-Article Ordinance for the More Efficient Governance of Tibet promulgated in 1793 was an important law related to the governance of Tibet in the Qing Dynasty.

China's Commerce Ministry spokesman disclosed (February 4) that China is readily considering joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to promote economic globalization and regional economic integration.

Xinhua (February 6) announced that Beijing will issue digital currency worth 10 million yuan (US$ 1.55 million) to local residents via lottery in 'virtual red envelopes' on February 7, to boost consumption during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday.

CCTV (February 4) reported that during this year's Spring Festival a total of 17.924 million passengers travelled home nationwide, a decrease of 77% year-on-year.

Chinese chipmaking champion Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. reported declining revenue and profits during the final quarter of 2020, and its shares slid as much as 10% on February 5, after the company warned that U.S. sanctions were crimping its ability to buy equipment so it could expand to meet customer demand.

Naval News reported on February 1, that China has built a massive new yard for building nuclear submarines.

Xinhua (February 4) reported that China's Ministry of National Defense had announced on February 4, that China conducted a land-based mid-section anti-missile interception technology test within its territory, and the test achieved its expected goals.

CCTV (February 6) reported that Xi Jinping had "inspected a certain aviation division of the air force" on February 4 morning and extended Chinese New Year greetings to officers and soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army, officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Force, civilian personnel of the military, and militia reserve personnel.

On January 20, the Director of the Legal Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress, Shen Chungyao, announced during a meeting of the NPC Standing Committee that schools in “minority areas” were no longer allowed to teach their own languages, declaring such education to be “unconstitutional”.

Xinhua (February 3) published a list of seven “new buzzwords” that surfaced during recent sessions of the province-level people’s congresses.

Xi Jinping travelled to Guizhou province on February 3-4, 2021, at the beginning of the annual Chinese New Year.

China has appointed 71-year-old Xie Zhenhua, a familiar name in Beijing’s climate bureaucracy and diplomacy, to serve as Special Climate Envoy.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announced on February 3, that the U.S. State Department said President Joe Biden's Administration will continue to promote policies supporting human rights for Tibetans living under Chinese rule and work with allies to press Beijing to engage in dialogue with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

Global Times (February 2) highlighted that in his recent speech to the National Committee on US-China Relations, Chinese Politburo member Yang Jiechi had signalled that trade issues could be compartmentalized from political disputes which, Global Times pointed out, is also in line with China's overall foreign policy stance of managing differences while seeking common ground.

In his speech on key foreign policy issues at the US State Department on February 4, 2021, US President Joe Biden said, while referring to China, "we’ll also take on directly the challenges posed by our prosperity, security and democratic values by our most serious competitor, China.

The UK Regulator Ofcom on February 4, withdrew the licence for CGTN to broadcast in the UK, after its investigation concluded that the licence is wrongfully held by Star China Media Limited.

An article published by Global Times (February 1) on the military take-over in Myanmar, reported Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin's comment on February 1, that "China is a friendly neighbour of Myanmar, and we hope all parties in Myanmar can properly handle differences under the constitutional and legal framework and safeguard political and social stability".

According to a Chinese Foreign Ministry release, China's Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong visited Gwadar from January 27 to 28, 2021.

Singapore’s primary Chinese language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao (January 28) reported that a major reorganisation of The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LOCPG) is imminent.

Hongkong's Education Bureau (EDB) issued a circular on February 4, instructing that "Safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests is the constitutional duty of the HKSAR. This is also the common responsibility of all Hong Kong residents (including school staff and students)."

Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported (February 1) that Qinghai province authorities are restricting travel in Tibetan-populated areas ahead of the start of Lunar New Year, from later this month. Tibetan sources say.

The Washington Post (February 2) reported that Tommy Zwicky, Vice President of Communications for Huawei's Denmark office, resigned in December after a Washington Post report detailing Huawei’s test of face-scanning software that police could use to identify Uighurs.

Xinhua (January 27) reported that the Central Military Commission (CMC)'s General Office had publicised (January 26) plans for the construction of military history venues across China.

Asia Times (February 2) quoted a CNN report on a recent research by China’s Second Military Medical University and Navy Military Medical University, published in the British journal Military Medicine, revealed that the PLA Navy's submariners reported severe psychological problems at much higher rates compared to People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces as a whole.

The Beijing Daily published (February 2) a list of China's pioneering tech giants, but Jack Ma was missing.

Ms Geng Xiaonan, a Beijing publisher who supported Xu Zhangrun, former Professor of the Law School of China's Tsinghua University, was formally charged along with others for "illegal business operations".

The People's Daily (February 1) reported that the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) had on January 31, 2021, announced that online self-publishers (also called We Media) must first obtain a “permit” before posting news information. The CAC will implement “review before publishing” management for live streaming and interactive content.

The People's Daily (February 2) reported that the number of journalists permitted to cover the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth CPPCC National Committee, which will open in Beijing on March 5 and March 4, 2021, respectively, will be restricted.

The People's Daily on February 4, front-paged an important 6324-character article detailing the outlines of a serious effort to promote the role of the Young Pioneers in primary schools and among the youth.

The CCP CC United Front Work Department (UFWD) convened a meeting in Beijing on January 18 of UFWD Directors from all across China. Politburo Standing Committee member and CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang spoke at a meeting.

The People's Daily (January 25) reported that the Fifth Plenary Session of the CCP's 19th Central Discipline Inspection Commission was held in Beijing from January 22 to 24, 2021.

The People's Daily (January 28) disclosed that Chinese President Xi Jinping heard Carrie Lam’s 2020 Work Report on Hong Kong via video conference on January 27.

The South China Morning Post reported (January 29) that China's Vice President Wang Qishan while speaking to US business leaders and former officials at a videoconference on January 29, was quoted by China Radio International as saying “Upholding the spirit of non-conflict and non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, focusing on cooperation and managing differences are the keys to promoting the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations.”

The Special Communications Organization (SCO) -- the telecommunications branch of the Pakistan Army -- is about to lay a fiber optic cable between Rawalpindi and the port cities of Karachi and Gwadar.

China's Global Times publicised (January 29) that it had launched the second Type 054A/P frigate for Pakistan at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai on January 29.

The South China Morning Post reported (January 31) that Pakistan is looking to develop new overland border crossings with China to boost military interoperability with Chinese armed forces.

As the US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt entered the South China Sea on January 23, to promote the "freedom of the seas," China announced (January 29) that it will conduct military exercises in the South China Sea this week.

Recent reports disclose that on January 23 -- three days after Joe Biden's inauguration as the new US President -- Chinese military aircraft simulated missile attacks on a US aircraft carrier during an incursion into Taiwan’s air defence zone.

The Global Times (January 29) reinforced the warning given on January 28, to Taiwan by Senior Colonel Wu Qian, spokesperson of China’s Ministry of National Defense, and asserted that "Taiwan and the US should be sent a message.

South China Morning Post (January 29) disclosed that Beijing will stop recognising British National (Overseas) passports as travel and identification documents from January 31, and may retaliate further against Britain’s offer of a pathway to citizenship for 5.4 million eligible Hongkongers.

A Global Times article (January 29) exulted that "the economic output of China, the world's second-largest economy, came a step closer to the size of the US' GDP, breaking through the 70 per cent mark in 2020 when the world economy took a heavy blow from the raging coronavirus" It quoted experts as saying the proportion is forecast to rise this year.

China will begin laying the final stretch of a cross-border fiber optic cable in Pakistan that will create the Digital Silk Road, serving the geostrategic interests of both countries.

The South China Morning Post (January. ) reported that the PLA had increased joint operations and officer cross-training to boost war readiness.

China's Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced a new system of military ranks for PLA officers where the Military rank determines the officer's ranking, salary and emoluments, perquisites, etc.

The latest (2021/02) issue of Qiu Shi, the Party theoretical fortnightly journal issued on January 16, published an article on the recent new Regulations on United Front Work.

The People's Daily (January 28) published an article titled 'Adhere to system thinking and build a big security pattern' by Professor Ma Zhenchao of the National Security College of People’s Public Security University of China.

In an article captioned 'Study the 100-year history of the Party' (a monograph celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China), the People's Daily (January 29) sought to emphasise the “correct” view on the Party’s history and outlined what it described as “the theme and the mainline of the party's history.”

Xinhua reported (January 28) that Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CCP Central Committee chaired a meeting of the Politburo on January 28 to review multiple reports.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed during a late night 40-minute discussion on January 26 to “promote high-level exchanges” between the two countries and to reschedule a visit by Xi Jinping to Seoul that was postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic and also work out a “blueprint for the development of bilateral ties over next three decades”.

In a front-page article in the South China Morning Post (January 29) Terry Su, President of Lulu Derivation Data Ltd, a Hong Kong-based online publishing house and think tank specialising in geopolitics, views the election of President Joe Biden as President of the US and the unprecedented, blatant liberal crackdown on the reactionary masses as an instance of the United States putting aside much of the prudence and moderation it has demanded from other countries, in the name of good fighting evil at a defining moment.

Citing Bloomberg (January 26), Caixin quoted US President Biden's Press Secretary Jen Psaki as saying that U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is approaching its relationship with Beijing with “patience” and plans to review hard-line policies that were a hallmark of Donald Trump’s presidency. Psaki said, “We’re starting from an approach of patience as it relates to our relationship with China.” She added, “We’re starting from an approach of patience as it relates to our relationship with China.”

Senior Colonel Wu Qian, the spokesman of China's Ministry of National Defense, said (January 28) that recent military drills by the People's Liberation Army in the Taiwan region were aimed at provocations by Taiwan separatist forces and foreign interference. He warned that "Taiwan secession means war."

The South China Morning Post (January 26) reported that a People's Daily commentary (January 25) had accused the new head of the Hong Kong Bar Association, for a second day in a row, of having “lost professionalism and rationality”.

IMF has projected GDP growth in 2021 for China at 8.1%.

Caixin reported (January 29) that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC), the world’s largest commercial lender by assets, is expected to soon get a new President.

China’s three major state-owned airlines put off delivery of more than 100 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus last year — but kept every single order from Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China in a show of support for the domestic manufacturer during the coronavirus pandemic.

The South China Morning Post (January 24) reported that Guangdong province, one of China's biggest manufacturing hubs and its up-and-coming hi-tech region with grand ambitions to rival Silicon Valley in the United States, will open 11 new universities this year, with more to come in the next few years.

The Straits Times reported (January 26) that the Chinese government was under pressure due to rising food prices just before the New Year Festival.

A People's Daily article (January 28) captioned 'Enhance the appeal of ideological and political education in the army' stressed that "Political work is the greatest feature and advantage of our army, and an important guarantee for maintaining the nature, purpose, and true qualities of our army.

Jiang Jinquan, the new director of the Central Policy Research Office – the Party’s in-house brain trust – published (January 25) his first article in the Study Times.

Radio Free Asia (January 18) reported that a Chinese official notice shows that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is stepping up its efforts to extinguish the ethnic language and culture of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chaired a symposium on January 22, with a few industry experts and business leaders to gather input on the drafts of the 2021 Government Work Report (GWR) and the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) outline.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s virtual “Davos Agenda” conference on January 25, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that a "new cold war" could turn hot, and must be avoided.

After reports surfaced in the Indian media about the construction of a new border defence village on the banks of the River Tsari Chu in the Upper Subansiri district, approximately 4.5 kms within Indian territory, the MEA issued a statement suggesting that the village was built “along” the border.

Over 20 Chinese PLA soldiers were injured during a clash on January 18, at Naku La in north Sikkim. 4 Indian Army personnel were injured. The brawl occurred when an Indian Army patrol challenged the Chinese patrol. India has taken up the matter militarily and diplomatically with Beijing.

Taiwan said four Chinese J-16 fighter jets, six H-6 bombers and one anti-submarine aircraft had entered its “air defence identification zone” on January 23.

Chinese media CBN reported on January 22 that as of January 21, 18 Chinese provinces had released economic data for 2020. Among them, in terms of regional GDP growth, all provinces except Hubei have turned positive.

Chinese authorities have reportedly upgraded the charges against detained Chinese writer and human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong to “subversion of state power,” a more serious charge than the previous charge of “inciting subversion.”

The Global Times reported (January 23) that China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, which ended its 25th session on January 22, passed its coastguard legislation. Chinese experts said China will safeguard sovereignty regarding the dispute with Japan over the Diaoyu Islands.

Speaking at the annual conference of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) on January 22, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an "important" speech where he 'pointed out that 2020 is an extraordinary year in the history of New China.

Recalling that two years ago he had asked "that the greatest challenge we face in the 21st century is not China’s rise, but America’s decline. China’s rise so far has been peaceful, but can the United States’ decline be equally peaceful?", Retired PLA Senior Colonel Zhou Bo in the South China Morning Post (January 22) referred to competition with China.

In an interview with China Newsweek on January 18, Zhang Baijia former Deputy Director of the Party History Research Office of the Central Committee under former General Secretary Hu Jintao, said this is an important year for China as "2020 is the year of a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and the launch of the "14th Five-Year Plan".

In an important and lengthy interview with Beijing News (January 18), Yuan Peng, President of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) said: "The United States is sick, China stabilises the world and changes". Contrasting the differences between the US and China, he said when Biden came to power, the epidemic, the economy, and race faced difficult problems.

Caixin (January 19) said Chinese foreign policy experts had told Caixin that with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's appointment of two senior National Security Council (NSC) officials on Asia-Pacific and China affairs, including Kurt Campbell to a newly created post designed to coordinate Asia policies across the federal government, signalled that the incoming Biden administration may want to continue outgoing President Donald Trump’s “Indo-Pacific” strategy of countering and being tough on China in the region.

In a statement issued minutes after Biden took over as US President on January 20, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "Over the past few years, some anti-China politicians in the United States, out of their selfish political interests and prejudice and hatred against China and showing no regard for the interests of the Chinese and American people, have planned, promoted and executed a series of crazy moves which have gravely interfered in China's internal affairs, undermined China's interests, offended the Chinese people, and seriously disrupted China-U.S. relations."

Asia Sentinel (January 18) disclosed that an Indonesian fisherman found an underwater drone near the Selayar Islands in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, on December 26.

Qian Feng, Director of the Research Department at the National Strategy Institute at Tsinghua University, wrote in the Global Times (January 19) that "India has lately engaged in quite some eye-catching actions.

Anthony Blinken, who has been nominated for the position of US Secretary of State, was quoted by Reuters as saying about Taiwan at his confirmation hearing at the US Senate on January 19, that the US would uphold its commitment to ensure that self-ruled Taiwan, which China sees as a renegade province, has the ability to defend itself.

Taiwan’s representative to the United States, Hsiao Bi-khim, was invited to the inauguration ceremony of the new US President Joe Biden at the Capitol on January 20. Hsiao Bi-khim tweeted a video of herself standing in front of the U.S. Capitol building on January 20.

Caixin (January 19) said that with its digital commerce accounting for more than a third of its economy, China is looking for ways to more effectively tax domestic e-commerce titans like Alibaba, Tencent and Didi Chuxing.

China's Ministry of Commerce announced (January 20) that China is attracting a flood of foreign direct investment (FDI) as its economy continues its comeback from the fallout of its Covid-19 epidemic.

Caixin reported (January 19) that as per official Chinese data, China’s GDP grew 2.3% in 2020 as the world’s second-largest economy managed a steady recovery from the fallout of its Covid-19 outbreak a year ago.

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei's second daughter Annabel Yao, after graduating in computer science from Harvard University in the US recently announced her plans to enter the entertainment industry by launching a music video called 'Backfire' amid heavy publicity and a documentary about herself called Exceptional Princess.

The New Zealand Herald (January 20) reported that China's highest-profile entrepreneur, Jack Ma, appeared on January 20 in a 48-second online video, ending a 2 1/2-month absence from public view that prompted speculation about the future of the e-commerce billionaire and his Alibaba Group.

A Jamestown Foundation study of January 13, 2021, stated that the Chinese authorities were authorised in 2020 to spend more than US$ 6.6 billion for systematically collecting, analysing, and deleting web posts from the country’s 900 million internet users.

Xinhua (January 13) reporting on the seminar on the 'study and implementation of the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for major provincial and ministerial cadres' organised by the Central Party School and that started on January 11, said CCP CC General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony, teaching a key lesson for the "critical minority".

Addressing the National Public Security Bureau Directors' Meeting held in Beijing on January 18-199, 2021, State Councillor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi told the provincial police chiefs on January 19, to prioritise security and social stability in their work this year, making sure all the major events will go well to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the CCP.

Xinhua (January 18) reported that the '2021 Working Conference on Taiwan' was held in Beijing on January 17 and 18. PBSC member and CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

The state-owned CGTN (January 20) reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected (January 19) the preparation work for the 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chaired a State Council plenary meeting on January 20, where key documents for the upcoming 'Big Two' Sessions were reviewed. Specifically, the State Council reviewed drafts of The 2021 Government Work Report and The 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) Outline.

An article in the Wall Street Journal (January 9) revealed that Politburo member and former Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi is scheduled to visit Washington this week.

Liu Baolai, former Ambassador to the UAE and Jordan, former Vice President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs and presently a senior researcher at the China Foundation for International Studies (CFIS), wrote an article titled “The Middle East: inscrutable in 2021", in Guojiwang on January 6, 2021.

A report in Tibet Times disclosed (January 7) that Tsona Dzong (County) arrested 18 Tibetans on the charges of separatism on January 2 from Shingyon village, Tsonga Dzong, Lhoka (in Chinese: Shannan). 11 of those arrested are females and 7 are males.

Taiwan government data showed that Taiwan’s population shrank for the first time ever in 2020, and it faces a burgeoning demographic crisis similar to those affecting South Korea and Japan. Births last year plunged to 165,000, down seven percent from 2019. Deaths also overtook births for the first time, pushing the island’s overall population down 0.2 percent to 23.56 million. Taiwan’s birth rate has been falling continuously since 2000, a period where wages have remained stubbornly stagnant.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced (January 10) the lifting of all restrictions on contacts with Taiwan by any arm of the US Government. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan foreign Minister both promptly welcomed the announcement.

The Taipei Times said (January 6) that Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research said in its latest 200-page report titled '2020 Annual Assessment of the People’s Republic of China’s Political and Military Developments' on Chinese political and military developments that Chinese academics have added “brain dominance” to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s traditional “three warfares” strategy: public opinion warfare, psychological warfare and legal warfare.

The PLA Navy aircraft carrier 'Shandong' returned to the Sanya Naval Base on January 7, 2021.

Xinhua (January 4) and Newsweek (January 4) separately reported that the recent military orders that Beijing issued appear to suggest that China might be preparing to launch a war in the South China Sea or Taiwan or against U.S. military targets.

China's Ministry of Commerce issued Order No. 1 of 2021 on January 9, 2021, for the purpose of counteracting the impact on China caused by unjustified extra-territorial application of foreign legislation and other measures, safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations of China.

China's State Council Information Office issued a White Paper on January 10, titled "China's International Development Cooperation in the New Era". The 8-chapter 45-page White Paper outlined areas where China would provide aid including the BRI.

A lengthy article by Dong Zhenhua, Deputy Director of the Department of Research and Philosophy Professor of the National School of Administration Department of the Central Party School in Guangming Daily (January 8) captioned: 'Persevere and cast your soul with great ideas' asserted that "A country and a nation cannot be without a soul.

A report of the Shanghai Academy of Sciences (SAAS) reveals that Thomas Zimmerman, appointed by President-elect Joe Biden as a Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel and as Deputy Lead for National Security Personnel on the Biden-Harris Transition team, has prior experience working in China as a visiting scholar at the Department of International Relations of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS).

A lengthy article captioned 'the morbidity of American democracy' was published by Guangming Daily (January 16) which explained that "America’s democracy may only be as short as fifty. Years of history can only be traced back to the "Voting Rights Act" of 1965, which in its form stipulated that no one should be deprived of the right to vote because of race and color".

A Chinese businessman Hang Wei is poised to take over the recently bankrupted New Richmond, Wisconsin, U.S., aero engine manufacturer Engineered Propulsion System (EPS) through the Hongkong-based company, HyperMacher that he founded.

Shares of smartphone-maker Xiaomi Corp. closed down more than 10% in Hong Kong on January 15, as the U.S. Defense Department added it to its blacklist of enterprises with alleged links to the China's military on January 14, alongwith the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd. The surprise move means that Americans need to divest from the company, which benefited from U.S. sanctions against its rival Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and became the world’s No. 3 smartphone maker in the third quarter last year.

At a regular press briefing on January 15, People’s Bank of China (PBoC) Deputy Governor Chen Yulu said the Ant Group Co. Ltd. is working on a timetable to overhaul its business while ensuring operations continue.

Overseas investors will face tighter scrutiny from January 18, as the Chinese government's 'Measures for the Security Review of Foreign Investment' take effect requiring national security reviews for certain types of foreign investment activity.

A team of rice experts led by 90-year old Yuan Longping, a leading agricultural scientist, Chairman of the International Seawater Rice Forum and academician with Chinese Academy of Engineering, announced (January 15) at a 2-day international forum in Sanya, Hainan, on a saline-alkali tolerant type of rice called seawater rice that 400,000 hectares of saline-alkali lands have been obtained nationwide for producing and commercializing the rice this year.

The Epoch Times and Radio Free Asia (January 14 & January 13 respectively) reported that on January 13, Zhong Shanshan, CEO of Chinese Wantai Biosciences and the richest man in China and Asia, abruptly resigned citing “personal reasons.”

Nikkei reported (January 16) that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said (January 15) that it is drafting a 29-part Law to strengthen regulation over China's rare earth metals industry.

China's Economic Daily (Jingji Ribao - January 17) published a lengthy interview with Xue Qikun (薛其坤院士) captioned “The quantum technology revolution is a major historical opportunity". Xue Qikun is with the Department of Physics of Tsinghua University and briefs the Politburo annually on Emerging Technologies.

Ouyang Ziyuan, a Chinese Academy of Sciences academician and first chief scientist of China’s lunar probe project, suggested (January 13) that China should establish a space station in lunar orbit rather than one orbiting the earth. He said “It’s better to build the space station in moon orbit so the future moon landing would not be as difficult as the former Apollo program”.

The Global Times (January 17) disclosed that Plateau Special Forces of the PLA Tibet Military Command have been equipped with the latest combat uniforms with a camouflage pattern that can perfectly hide them in the surroundings.

Global Times (January 17) quoting the Chinese defense industry magazine Ordnance Industry Science Technology said China's Type 003 aircraft carrier, which is expected to be very different from the previous two with much larger displacement and featuring electromagnetic catapults, could be launched in 2021 and enter naval service around 2025.

Wang Yang, Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), presided over a meeting of CPPCC chairpersons to discuss preparations for the CPPCC’s annual session. The meeting decided that this year’s session will commence on March 4 and discuss in detail formulation of the 14th Five-Year Plan.

Ministerial-level officials concluded their four-day (January 11-14) workshop on Xi Jinping’s new development philosophy at the Central Party School.

The Strait Times reported (January 18) that 57-year old Dr. Li Shulei, a member of President Xi Jinping's inner circle was last month appointed Executive Vice President of the Central Party School prior to next year's Party Congress suggesting to analysts that he is probably being positioned to take over as President of the Central Party School from Chen Xi.

January 18th marks the 16th death anniversary of the late former CCP CC General Secretary Zhao Ziyang. Zhao Ziyang's daughter Wang Yannan, son-in-law Wang Zhihua and others went from his former residence at No: 6, Fuqiang Hutong to the cemetery in Changping Tianshou Garden in Beijing. Nearly 10 plainclothes police officers were stationed outside Zhao Ziyang's former residence at Fuqiang Hutong.

Myron Brilliant, head of international affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was quoted by Reuters (January 13) as saying he sees “every indication” that a high-ranking delegation of Chinese officials will visit Washington early in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden.

Xinhua (January 14) publicised Chinese President Xi Jinping's reply of January 6 to Howard Schultz, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of Starbucks Corporation of the United States, encouraging him and Starbucks to continue to play an active role in promoting Sino-US economic and trade cooperation and the development of bilateral relations.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on January 14 issued a statement imposing visa restrictions on People’s Republic of China (PRC) individuals, including executives of state-owned enterprises and officials of the Chinese Communist Party and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, responsible for, or complicit in, either the large-scale reclamation, construction, or militarization of disputed outposts in the South China Sea, or the PRC’s use of coercion against Southeast Asian claimants to inhibit their access to offshore resources in the South China Sea.

The U.S. announced (January 14) a full and total ban on Xinjiang cotton and tomato products, following a partial ban from September 2020. The total ban also applies to products processed or manufactured in third party countries and effectively bars 20 percent of the world’s cotton from entering the U.S. because it is tainted by forced labor.

“America Against America”, a book authored during an academic visit to the U.S. in 1988 by the CCP's top theoretician and No: 5 top leader, Wang Huning predicted that America’s emphasis on “individualism, hedonism and democracy” would eventually cause rifts that sapped its competitive drive. It said countries like Japan -- built on “collectivism, selflessness and authoritarianism” -- had the upper hand and forecast the U.S.’s decline due to domestic conflicts.

An article critical of the US and authored by Dr. Zhang Jian, Assistant President of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) and concurrently Director of the CICIR Institute of European Studies, was published in the Guangming Daily (January 12) under the caption 'The decline of American values'.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi embarked on a four-nation tour of Southeast Asia.

The South China Morning Post reported (January 10) that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Nigeria, Congo (DRC), Botswana, Tanzania and Seychelles between January 4 and 9.

The state-owned CCTV (January 11) telecast as its lead news item Chinese President Xi Jinping's congratulatory message to Kim Jung-Un on his re-election as General Secretary of the Korean Workers Party (KWP). parties and the two countries".

In 1984, the Chinese Communist Party decided to establish schools for Tibetan students in Chinese provinces and cities as part of the so-called “nationwide aid to Tibet.”

A hard-hitting editorial in the Global Times (January 10), in response to the U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s announcement on January 9, 2021, entitled “Pompeo may have started the count-down of Taiwan’s final days,” stated that “Pompeo once again is frantically digging holes and placing mines for Sino-US relations and the Taiwan issue.

The South China Morning Post (January 13) reported that the NPC Standing Committee will consider denying Hongkongers with BN(O) status the right to vote in the city at its upcoming session from January 20-24.