The Peking order: Can China’s army surpass the US?
Update: 2024-11-14
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China is enacting a rapid project of military modernisation. Though in some areas its forces are already stronger than America, that does not mean China is ready for war. Why luxury shoppers are no longer buying so much online (10:16 ). And remembering Balthazar Uscha, Ecuador’s last ice-miner (16:45 ).
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