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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping before an extended-format meeting of heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit (SCO) member states in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The Reshuffling Report No. 21: Evolving China-Russia relations — A major challenge for Xi’s third term

China-US Focus Monday, October 3, 2022

The closing ceremony of the Chinese National People's Congress is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2022. (Kyodo)==KyodoNO USE JAPAN

The Reshuffling Report No. 20: The anticipated strong representation of foreign-educated returnees in Xi’s third term

China-US Focus Friday, September 30, 2022

Recent trends in global value chains and beyond

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A view of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on Thursday March 03, 2022. China's annual CPPCC and NPC will start on Friday March 4. 03MAR22 SCMP/Simon Song

The Reshuffling Report No. 19: The growing representation of university administrators on the Central Committee

China-US Focus Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds as he stands between former presidents Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin on Tiananmen Gate before the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China October 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

The Reshuffling Report No. 18: Chinese technocrats 2.0 — How technocrats differ between the Xi era and Jiang-Hu eras

China-US Focus Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Shenzhou 13 spacecraft launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert Friday Oct 15, 2021, rising off the pad atop a Long March 2F rocket at 12:23 p.m. EDT (1623 GMT; 00:23 Oct. 16 local time). Shenzhou 13 and its three astronauts commander Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu are headed toward Tianhe, the core module of the Tiangong space station that China is building in low Earth orbit. The three astronauts will stay in Tiangong Space Station (CSS) for 6 months. Wang Yaping will become both the first woman on the space station and the first Chinese woman to perform a spacewalk.

The Reshuffling Report No. 17: Prominent PLA elites in the “Cosmos Club”

China-US Focus Friday, September 2, 2022

Soldiers of People's Liberation Army (PLA) are seen before a giant screen as Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China October 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

The Reshuffling Report No. 16: China’s military-civil fusion — objectives and operations

China-US Focus Tuesday, August 30, 2022

The South Sea Fleet of China navy releases footage on Aug 25, 2022 shows the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong and its battle group training in the South China Sea. The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong and its battle group have been training in the South China Sea, the Chinese navy said on Wednesday. The South Sea Fleet said the training was intended to test troops combat strength in conditions simulating a battle. The Shandong is Chinas second aircraft carrier and the first to be built domestically, even though it was modified from the Soviet-era design of the Liaoning, the countrys first carrier. It was commissioned for service into the South Sea Fleet in 2019 and is stationed in Sanya in the southern island province of Hainan. (CHINA PLA via EYEPRESS)

Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan: Provoking the first AI war in history?

China-US Focus Friday, August 26, 2022

The Reshuffling Report No. 15: China’s growing prominence in the aviation market and the “space club”

China-US Focus Friday, August 5, 2022

--FILE--Chinese visitors look at models of China's Long March-series carrier rockets on display during an exhibition in Haining city, east China's Zhejiang province, 28 December 2013.A Chinese rocket scientist said Wednesday (2 March 2016) that 110 China-made Long March rockets will take to the skies over the next five years, as more models are developed. Liang Xiaohong, member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee and a former head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, said the past decade witnessed a rapid increase in the number of Long March rockets launched. From 2011 to 2015, 86 Long March rockets were launched, and from 2006 to 2010 the number was 48, Liang said before the country's political advisory body convenes its annual session. The increasing launches within the five-year time frame showed that China's capacity in rocket design, production and management have been improved significantly, Liang said. In addition, the next-generation Long March 5 heavy lift rocket and medium Long March 7 will debut this year, and the heavy carrier rocket system is in development, Liang said.No Use China. No Use France.

The Reshuffling Report No. 14: The careers of China’s rocket scientists in the party leadership

China-US Focus Monday, July 18, 2022