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China’s 2025 Military Purge: Xi Jinping's Power and Rocket Force Fallout

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Beyond the Horizon @behorizon.org · 7d

🚨 China’s biggest military purge in decades.
Nine top generals—including Xi’s close allies—removed in a dramatic consolidation of power.

What’s behind the chaos in China’s Rocket Force and what it means for global security👇

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#China #XiJinping

Explore China’s 2025 military purge under Xi Jinping, revealing corruption in the Rocket Force, loyalty-driven reshuffles, and rising geopolitical risks.

China’s 2025 Military Purge: Xi Jinping's Power and Rocket Force Fallout

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Beyond the Horizon @behorizon.org · 7d

What's fueling the turmoil in China's Rocket Force, and what are the implications for worldwide security? 👇

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#MilitaryPurge #PLA #PowerPolitics #2025China

Explore China’s 2025 military purge under Xi Jinping, revealing corruption in the Rocket Force, loyalty-driven reshuffles, and rising geopolitical risks.

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Beyond the Horizon @behorizon.org · 6d

🇪🇺🌏 The EU renews its Indo-Pacific Strategy—linking Europe’s security & prosperity to regional dynamics.

Focus:
🛡 Security & defence
🌱 Green & digital transition
💼 Trade & economic resilience

“The security of the Indo-Pacific & Europe are interlinked.”

#EUStrategy #IndoPacific #Geopolitics

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European Hub for Contemporary China @eh4s.eu · 6d

🇨🇳 China’s Fourth Plenum convenes in Beijing to shape the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030).

Focus: innovation, education & self-reliance.
Personnel shifts in the PLA expected as Xi reaffirms stability, security & tech-driven growth.

#China #FourthPlenum #XiJinping #FiveYearPlan

Make tech executives liable if platforms don’t protect kids, say EU lawmakers

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European Hub for Contemporary China @eh4s.eu · 9d

🇨🇦🤝🇨🇳 FM Anita Anand meets Wang Yi in Beijing, marking 55 yrs of Canada-China ties. Discussions: trade/agri (canola, seafood, meat), clean energy, health resilience, EV innovation. Renewing Strategic Partnership for trust & pragmatic cooperation. #Canada #China #ForeignPolicy #AnitaAnand #WangYi

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 11d

Members of the European Parliament want to make tech executives personally liable for failing to protect children online, under a proposal seen by POLITICO.

The call comes as the EU progresses investigations into Meta, TikTok and others.

www.politico.eu

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Beyond the Horizon @behorizon.org · 11d

🇷🇺🇸🇾 Putin welcomes Syria’s new leader — while sheltering the old one.

In a moment thick with symbolism, Russian President Vladimir Putin met Syria’s Ahmed al-Shara in Moscow — the same city where Bashar al-Assad, the ousted dictator, now lives in exile.
#Geopolitics #Russia #Syria #Putin #AlShara

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European Hub for Contemporary China @eh4s.eu · 10d

🇨🇳🤝🇫🇷 Wang Yi & Emmanuel Bonne hold 27th China–France Strategic Dialogue in Hangzhou.

Focus: trust, energy, AI, space & global governance.
Both reaffirm independent diplomacy & coordination for a stable, forward-looking partnership.

#China #France #Diplomacy #Geopolitics

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European Hub for Contemporary China @eh4s.eu · 10d

🇨🇳🤝🇪🇸 Wang Yi & José Manuel Albares meet in Hangzhou to mark 20 years of China–Spain strategic partnership.

Focus: trade, culture, education, green growth & digital cooperation.
King Felipe VI to visit China in 2026.

#China #Spain #Diplomacy #EUChina #Geopolitics

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Beyond the Horizon @behorizon.org · 11d

1. From Foes to Partners
Once a rebel commander under Russian airstrikes, al-Shara now sits across from Putin as an ally.
2. Moscow’s Strategic Pivot
Putin reframed history to suit the present.
3. Assad’s Shadow Lingers
Even as Moscow shelters Assad, Damascus has issued a warrant for his arrest.

The Logic of China’s AI Regulation and Its Implications for the European Union

Timuçin İbu @timucinibu.bsky.social · 11d

Free advice:👇
If you see a toilet in your dream. Don't use it.

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European Hub for Contemporary China @eh4s.eu · 11d

📰🤖 Check out our policy paper: “The Logic of China’s AI Regulation and Its Implications for the European Union” ✍️ by Lukasz Gacek

📌 Read the full paper here: eh4s.eu/publication/...

#EH4S #AIRegulation #DigitalSovereignty #ChinaEU #SurveillanceTech #EthicsInAI #TechGovernance

EuroHub4Sino Policy Paper 2025/14 https://doi.org/10.31175/eh4s.a6f4

eh4s.eu

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European Hub for Contemporary China @eh4s.eu · 11d

🔍 Discover how China’s AI governance model, framed as “trustworthy” and ethics-based, is in fact a centralized system for control, surveillance, and international influence. What are the risks for Europe?

#HorizonEurope #AIandHumanRights

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Timuçin İbu @timucinibu.bsky.social · 11d

I love Italians, too. 🇮🇹🍕

Timuçin İbu @timucinibu.bsky.social · 12d

I’m deeply grateful and relieved that today brings hope to both the hostages, who are now reunited with their families, and the civilians in #Gaza, who have faced profound loss and now have a chance to rebuild their lives. #Peace2025

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Beyond the Horizon @behorizon.org · 12d

🇻🇳 Vietnam reconnects with North Korea.
🇬🇧🇮🇳 UK–India cement a £42B trade & defense alliance.
🇨🇳 China tightens control on rare earths.
Asia isn’t following global change — it’s leading it. 🌏

#AsiaOnTheHorizon #IndoPacific #Geopolitics #UKIndia #Vietnam #China #RareEarths

🔗 tinyurl.com/AsiaLI

Dutch government seizes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia

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Beyond the Horizon @behorizon.org · 12d

🌍 At Sharm el-Sheikh’s “PEACE 2025” summit, 30+ nations endorsed the Israel–Hamas ceasefire after final hostages’ release. Focus: border security, Gaza aid & governance, and Phase Two of Trump’s plan. El-Sisi praised as key broker. Hopeful tone, fragile path ahead. #Peace2025 #Gaza #Israel

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13d

The Dutch government has granted itself the power to intervene in company decisions of the Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia.

The move could inflame wider trade tensions between Beijing and the European Union.

www.politico.eu

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Beyond the Horizon @behorizon.org · 13d

Vietnam’s outreach to North Korea, China’s rare earth power play, and a UK–India alliance reshaping the Indo-Pacific. Asia is setting the pace of global change. 🌏

#AsiaOnTheHorizon #IndoPacific #Geopolitics #UKIndia #Vietnam #China #RareEarths
Read more at: tinyurl.com/AsiaHorizon

Asia on the Horizon | Weekly Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Briefings

Asia on the Horizon offers weekly insights into Indo-Pacific geopolitics, military trends, trade dynamics, and strategic developments across Asia-Pacific.

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Beyond the Horizon @behorizon.org · 16d

Excited! Beyond Horizon ISSG joined INNOVADE Living Lab 2: Envisioning Digital Democracy @ Paderborn Uni, Sept 23-24. Experts, citizens & policymakers co-created civic tools & resilient digital frameworks.
#DigitalDemocracy #INNOVADE #CivicInnovation #PeaceAndSecurity #BeyondTheHorizon

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Beyond the Horizon @behorizon.org · 16d

🇮🇳🤝🇦🇫 India hosts Taliban FM Amir Khan Muttaqi for highest talks since 2021—pragmatic diplomacy in action! Met Jaishankar on trade, security & stability.
#India #Afghanistan #Diplomacy #Geopolitics #Jaishankar #Muttaqi