Volume 20 Issue 13

Image: Space Engineering University cadets participate in a Model U.N. activity (undated). (Image source: PLASSF WeChat)

Image: The July 6 signing ceremony for the reported $1.5 billion Azad Pattan Hydropower Project, to be constructed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir by China Gezhouba Group. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (standing, center) was present to witness the signing. At the ceremony, PM Khan praised the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as “the future of Pakistan.” (Image source: CPEC Info, July 7)

Image: A pier at the Klaipeda port facility in Lithuania. In July 2019, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda ruled out, on national security grounds, Chinese involvement in a proposed expansion project for the port. (Image source: Delfi.lt)

Image: The ceremony for the official opening of the "Central People’s Government Office for Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" on July 8. Notable figures present included: office director Zheng Yanxiong (center); deputy director Li Jiangzhou (second from right); and second deputy director Sun Qingye (left). (Image source: Beijing Qingnian Bao, July 8)