News Snapshot:
C/hina is closing all loopholes that give access to open-source data as Xi promotes a ‘new security pattern’. The United States of America intelligence leaks reveal the weakness of Taiwan’s defence capability to deter an air attack by Beijing. Home Minister Amit Shah launches Vibrant Villages Programme to counter China’s model ‘Xiaokang villages’. Chinascope examines Beijing’s ‘new security pattern’ and what it could mean for the world. China over the week Every action Beijing takes these days appears to emanate from a core ideology of a national security state, which has slowly seeped into all government institutions — from social...
