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China Tightens Control Over Online Military Content, Undermining Public Trust

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China Tightens Control Over Online Military Content, Undermining Public Trust
A laptop screen displaying a denial of access message on a censored Chinese website in Beijing on Jan. 4, 2013. STF/AFP/Getty Images
Stephen Xia
Sean Tseng
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While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) gathers intelligence on U.S. military capabilities—such as through buying up farmland near American bases and floating spy balloons over nuclear sites—it’s tightening its grip on military information more than ever.
Stephen Xia, a former PLA engineer, specialized in aviation equipment and engineering technology management. Since retiring from military service, he has been following the world's development of military equipment.