Elsa B. Kania — China Is On a Whole-of-Nation Push for AI. The US Must Match It

The prize.

Defense One
China Is On a Whole-of-Nation Push for AI. The US Must Match It

Elsa B. Kania | Adjunct Fellow With the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS (Center for a New American Security)

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CNN
Putin and Musk are right: Whoever masters AI will run the world
Gregory C. Allen | Adjunct Fellow at the Center for a New American Security

Fabius Maximus — The real reason for America’s hostility to China

Imperialism. That's how the Chinese see it anyway.

Fabius Maximus
The real reason for America’s hostility to China

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Reminiscent of the Aesop fable, The boy that cried wolf.

Hidden but important truths from the presidential debate

Zhang Xuan — Over 4.7 million youths apply to the army: MND

The annual salary of a new soldier could reach up to 88,000 yuan ($13,745), higher than the starting salary of many other professions, Zheng said.…

When they are discharged after two years of service, some enjoy benefits like funding for further education, while others can choose to continue military service as officers, according to Song.

Reports said 3,075 university students who served as soldiers were promoted and 1,573 of the best soldiers were recommended for postgraduate studies in 2013.

Well, that's one way of dealing with youth employment and funding education. The Chinese leadership doesn't seem to think that China is running out of money.

Global Times

Over 4.7 million youths apply to the army: MND
Zhang Xuan

China issues first white paper on military strategy

ECNS.cn
China issues first white paper on military strategy

China promises not to join nuclear arms race

Ankit Panda — China's Military May Have Gone 'Rogue' After All

Xi Jinping isn’t happy with the PLA’s chain of command, suggesting that he may lack complete control.

Possibly important.

The Diplomat
China's Military May Have Gone 'Rogue' After All
Ankit Panda

Zachary Keck — China's Military Creates New Space Force

Last month, Yomiuri Shimbun — one of Japan’s national papers — carried a report that said that China had recently ordered the PLA to establish an Aerospace Force. The branch, which is expected to focus on military operations in space, would be the military’s fifth branch after the PLA Ground, Air, Naval, and the Second Artillery (in charge of China’s nuclear arsenal and ballistic missiles) Forces. It will be complemented by an Aerospace Office under the Central Military Commission. 

The Diplomat cannot confirm the validity of the report, and it’s notable that Yomiuri Shimbun appears to have taken the original article down in the last few days (a cached version can be found here). The Pentagon also refused to comment on the article, referring The Diplomat instead to the PLA. 

Still, the claim seems plausible on the face of it. As The Diplomat previously noted, while visiting a PLA Air Force Base in April of this year, Xi Jinping urged military officers “to speed up air and space integration and sharpen their offensive and defensive capabilities.” He also called for the creation of a “new type of combat unit” dedicated to this purpose. 

The state media outlet, China Daily, quoted a Chinese military expert saying of Xi’s speech: “The United States has paid considerable attention and resources to the integration of capabilities in both air and space, and other powers have also moved progressively toward space militarization… Though China has stated that it sticks to the peaceful use of space, we must make sure that we have the ability to cope with others’ operations in space.”

The Diplomat
China's Military Creates New Space Force
Zachary Keck