Military, weapons and war topics.
On November 3, Zhang Shengmin, Secretary of the Military Discipline Commission who was recently added to the Politburo, met with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov at Diaoyutai.
The US military raided an Iranian island on November 3, intending to force Iran to sign an agreement before January.
On November 3, a Beijing netizen posted that two police officers visited their home at night, claiming that big data showed their Xiaomi phone had installed the drone debugging software Betaflight. The officers entered the room, ordered the resident to open drawers and cabinets while recording the entire process, and searched their two mobile phones.
NTU professor Yuan Juzheng claimed on a television program that Switzerland has no cities and that all European countries have cabinet systems, while NCCU professor Liu Dehai claimed that Poland joined Biden in launching the Russia-Ukraine war, sparking questioning and criticism.
In the Taksing area of Arunachal Pradesh along the eastern section of the China-India border, the PLA crossed the Line of Actual Control, set up military tents, and has remained stationed there long-term, triggering a standoff.
The Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police confirmed that the tents pitched by the PLA in July remain firmly in place, with the standoff between the two armies continuing for several months.
On October 29, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier gave a speech at Peking University, calling on China to use its close relationship with Russia to urge the Russian side to stop attacks and engage in serious negotiations.
Taiwan's national security units and Japan have released alarming military deployment data, showing as many as 53 Chinese warships, coast guard vessels, and aircraft carriers distributed from the waters around the Taiwan Strait to the First Island Chain.
On October 28, Chinese media reported that the Ministry of Public Security has established a Drone Security and Control Bureau. Drone control and safety management agencies have also been successively established at the provincial, municipal, and county levels in many regions, forming a regulatory system from the central government down to local levels. Departments such as the NDRC, CAAC, and MIIT have also set up management agencies for the low-altitude economy.
The PLA erected tents around Taksing in Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh on the China-India border and continued the standoff, sparking speculation abroad about the military chain of command and the situation.
PLA Daily reported on October 24 and 26: a unit of the Air Force conducting training no longer hands out new briefcases and instead circulates old ones, while officers and soldiers of a detachment of the Henan Armed Police Corps made mobile target drones and other training equipment themselves to save procurement funds.
On October 25, the PLA Daily published an article demanding that the entire military prepare for major "Taiwan independence" contingencies, improve its "strategic capability for reunification by force," and ensure it is "ready to fight at any time and capable of winning at any time." It also discussed preparations for amphibious landing operations against Taiwan by citing Zheng Chenggong's cross-sea campaign and Su Yu's study of the Normandy battlefield.
Russia and Ukraine carried out the latest round of prisoner exchanges on Friday, with 270 people from each side released and returned home.
The White House announced that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a partial ceasefire in Oleshky, which is under Russian control, to deliver humanitarian aid to the area and allow residents to evacuate.
The White House announced that, facilitated by First Lady Melania Trump, Russia and Ukraine reached a partial ceasefire agreement on Russian-controlled Oleshky, effective October 29, to deliver humanitarian supplies and allow residents to evacuate.