All this week @AFP's team in China and beyond are publishing a series of stories looking at how Xi has transformed China during his first decade in power, and what the world can expect from his next presidential term, which he is set to secure later this month. https://t.co/xCeMhJUKbW
We start with this look by @matthewwalsh91 at a Beijing suburb that has done rather well under Xi Jinping's rule.
https://news.yahoo.com/xis-chinese-dream-flickers-one-033935022.html
Meanwhile @lauriechenwords explored how the nascent civil society that slowly blossomed under Jiang and Hu has been comprehensively crushed in the Xi Era, with little hopes of a resurgence given Xi's all but guaranteed third term.
https://news.yahoo.com/chinas-civil-society-collapsed-under-034323537.html
From our Sydney bureau @AndrewBeatty reports on how much of the Asia-Pacific region is responding to China's ramped up (and smarter) military spending -- as well as its increasingly more assertive behaviour on the world stage under Xi
https://news.yahoo.com/xi-decade-reshapes-chinas-military-044329345.html https://t.co/0Zhu2lm0Le
More pieces will be published later today and I'll post them here.
In the meantime some nice work from @AFPgraphics https://t.co/QmcJM4SxJY
Filipino fisherman Mariel Villamonte had spent years plying the turquoise waters of Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea for snapper and grouper -- until a Chinese coast guard vessel water cannoned his boat.
By @allijackson28 in Cato, Philippines
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20221005-filipinos-fishing-on-frontline-of-china-s-battle-for-disputed-sea
Vietnamese fisherman Nguyen Van Loc has been attacked by Chinese coast guard vessels so many times, he has lost count.
By @tranminhha & @AlicePhilipson1 in Ly Son, Vietnam
https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/beaten-and-robbed-vietnamese-fisherman-recounts-china-attacks/news-story/e10d6725027b355be844d380dee8a190
For decades, residents of Japan's Okinawa have strongly opposed the US military bases that dot the region but a subtle shift is under way, driven by Chinese sabre-rattling and economic challenges.
Report by @Mathias_Cena
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20221005-inevitable-views-on-us-bases-shift-in-japan-s-okinawa