Volume 21 Issue 18

Image: CMC chairman Xi Jinping (center) poses for a group photo with five new general-rank military officials as well as other senior military personnel at a recent promotion ceremony in Beijing on September 6, 2021. The ceremony signaled the changeover of the leadership of the Western and Central Theater Commands at a time when Xi appears to doubt his control over the state security apparatus even as he doubles down on wide-ranging social and economic rectification campaigns that have affected the rest of the state. (Source: Xinhua).

Image: A diagram of the submarine cables that connect to the Chinese mainland, compiled by the telecommunications market research firm TeleGeography and last updated on August 31, 2021 (Source: TeleGeography).

Image: NYPD officer Baimadajie Angwang speaks at a press conference in New York City on February 7, 2019. (Source: Epoch Times).

Image: CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping (center) participates in a meeting of the Xinjiang delegation to the Fifth Session of the Twelfth National People’s Congress on March 10, 2017, during the annual “Two Sessions” (Source: Xinhua).