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U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he would like to buy American weapons, the United States' ambassador to Beijing revealed in an extraordinary development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/28/asia-pacific/politics/trump-sell-weapons-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #us #uschinarelations #pla #donaldtrump #xijinping #indopacific #defense

China's Xi Jinping is expected to press U.S. President Donald Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales under a 1982 joint statement during a visit to Washington this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/22/asia-pacific/politics/china-xi-trump-halt-taiwan-arms-sales/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #us #xijinping #pla #donaldtrump #indopacific #defense

🟢 MilitaryAnalysis | 4/10 Analysis of PLA drone capability development in China Chinese military-political leadership is working on improving the UAV capabilities of the PLA. Drones are expected to become a key component of operations in the Taiwan Strait. #OSINT #NewsGroup #China #PLA #UAV

🟢 Military Doctrine | 6/10 🇨🇳 PLA Proposals for AI-Driven Warfare Senior PLA officers published proposals for real-time battlefield mapping, algorithmic decision-making, and automated command systems. #OSINT #NewsGroup #China #AIWarfare #PLA

"I was surprised to learn that civil defence in Taiwan was more about building trust than strategizing for war. Many of the volunteers I met weren’t motivated by military plans. They were learning emergency response skills and getting to know their neighbours because they believed those relationships would matter in any crisis. #asiapacific #china #taiwan #pla

As armed Chinese ships expand patrols around Taiwan, officials in Taipei are more urgently testing how they would keep fuel and other vital supplies flowing if Beijing tried to choke off the island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/25/asia-pacific/taiwan-tests-chinese-siege-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #taiwan #pla #energy

Més de 300 persones sopen a la plaça de Cort malgrat la prohibició de l’Ajuntament https://www.dbalears.cat/balears/balears/2026/07/22/421297/mes-300-persones-sopen-placa-cort-malgrat-prohibicio-ajuntament.html #IllesBalears #plaçadeCort #Balears

Tokyo has for the first time made public a live-fire drill by the Chinese military inside Japan's EEZ, releasing images of the destroyer firing a machine gun near Okinotorishima island over the weekend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/21/japan/china-live-fire-exercise-japan-eez/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defense #defenseministry #china #pla #chinajapanrelations #shinjirokoizumi #indopacific #okinotorishima

🟡 Military Exercise | 8/10 🇹🇼 🇨🇳 Taiwan launches five-day combat readiness exercise Taiwan's military began a five-day 'Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise' simulating rapid peacetime-to-wartime transition as Chinese military activity intensifies. 21 PLA aircraft were reported near the island on the announcement day. #OSINT #NewsGroup #Taiwan #China #MilitaryExercise #PLA

I did not know about iron-filing-embedded PLA which is both magnet-compatible and will _actively rust_. This is stupidly cool: https://youtu.be/7DZ8gtORx-Y?t=2214 There's a time start on that link, the embed probably won't honour it? But skip to 36:54, it's neat. #3dPrinting #PLA