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While many were out partying to celebrate the New Year, the Chinese military was busy revolutionising naval warfare. Pictures were revealed showing China’s Haiyangshan tank landing ship as the site of operational testing for the world’s first electromagnetic rail gun. China has beaten the United States, and the world, in testing out the next generation of naval weaponry, and it’s a great coup for the Chinese military. This new super weapon uses intense bursts of energy to bui

From the 19th to early 20th century, the world was under Pax Brittanica: A Latin phrase denoting peace with Britain as hegemon. Conversely, post-World War Two has been a period of Pax Americana, with the US taking the mantle as hegemon. However, it seems we may be entering a new era of hegemony, potentially an era of Pax Sinae-Nipponica (China and Japan). According to The Economist, the US president is no longer the world’s most powerful leader. That title belongs to China’s

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the founding and ruling party of the People’s Republic of China (China) since 1949. During this time we’ve seen colourful characters such as Mao Zhedong, Deng Xiaoping and the current Xi Jinping take office as China’s “paramount leader”. Each leader mentioned ruled China with an iron fist, as is the modus operandi congruent with the CCP. This has resulted in a Chinese dictatorship. Throwing labels in political debate is always cumbersome