Xi says China, Finland should uphold international system, advance multipolar order

(Corrects by clarifying that Finland-China talks on undersea cable incidents in bullet 3 were in 2024, and distinguishes in the last three paragraphs between 2024 and 2026 talks) By Colleen Howe BEIJING,

Xi Jinping has dismissed two of China’s most senior generals. What does this mean?

Removing top military leaders may suggest the Chinese military is undergoing a culture change. But it’s difficult to know in a system as opaque as China’s.

China experts raise alarms over Xi’s sweeping military purge

Military turmoil in China raises Taiwan invasion concerns as Xi Jinping removes senior officers. Analysts warn of growing instability despite control.

China’s Xi Jinping says major powers must set example amid world’s ‘risks and challenges’

China and Europe are partners, not rivals,’ he adds, stressing cooperation during Finnish prime minister’s visit to Beijing.
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What Xi Jinping’s purge of China’s most senior general reveals

AMONG CHINA’S generals, one had long seemed immune to the sweeping purges of the high command in the past two years. Zhang Youxia, its most senior uniformed officer (pictured below), was not just a personal friend of Xi Jinping,

In Xi’s China, Even the Mightiest General Can Fall

A combat veteran, Zhang Youxia was once seen as the most trusted man in Xi Jinping’s military. Now he has been accused of disloyalty to Mr. Xi.

Xi Jinping calls AI ‘epoch-making’ as China’s focus tightens on domestic tech — likens change to Industrial Revolution or the dawn of the internet

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of advancing AI in his first formal meeting of 2026 with ministers.