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Commission Chair Jane Harman: bipartisan commission unanimous “threats [facing U.S.] greater than WW II.” Need “fundamental change to way Pentagon does business, lack of urgency.” “Clearly a broken budgeting process,” “how to pay for fixes.” Gen Jack Keane: 2018 NDS Commission showed us how U.S. military has atrophied. “5 years later have failed to keep up with threats.” “Potential for near term war is real.” “China is outpacing US military has negated US military advantage after 2 decades of investment.” “When we get within 1000 miles of Chinese mainland the military advantage moved to China, would be challenged to win. We could lose,” Gen Jack Keane tells @AspenSecurity

US seeing increase in "intent to use" by Russia China of space and counterspace weapons, @DefenseIntel Dir LtGen Jeff Kruse tells @AspenSecurity

“We request your administration provide us with a full list of military, diplomatic, and economic options developed by the Departments of State and Defense to support the Philippines,” read a letter, seen by Reuters,from Senators Roger Wicker and Jim Risch

China: fire in a shopping center in Sichuan, people trapped

China suspended negotiations with the US on arms control and nuclear non-proliferation

The active phase of joint exercises between the Belarusian and Chinese military began at the Brest training ground

US Navy: The US and Philippine Coast Guards conducted a bilateral search and rescue exercise in the South China Sea on July 16.

Bloomberg: Would you defend Taiwan against China? Trump: No

The head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry said that he expects to meet with Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN Security Council; in the morning he spoke by telephone with the head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry

Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Andrei Bulyga, held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Major General Zhang Fan - Ministry of Defense

China, Russia start joint naval drills, days after NATO allies called Beijing a Ukraine war enabler

China renews the call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

China-Taiwan: "An invasion or a PRC act of aggression is neither imminent nor inevitable" per Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs @ASD_IndoPacific Ely Ratner at @CSIS "But we've got a lot of work to do to keep it that way" he adds "We are working with allies like never before ."

German Federal government bans Huawei and ZTE technology from China in 5G mobile networks here

The White House: China supports Russia's war in Ukraine

Chinese President: An early ceasefire and political settlement in Ukraine would serve the interests of all parties

Hungarian Prime Minister from Beijing: China is a major force in creating conditions for peace in the Russian-Ukrainian war

Philippine Army Commander: The United States offered us support in the South China Sea operations

International community should take measures to guard against danger of Israel's attacks on Palestine or Russia-Ukraine war spreading, Turkish president tells Chinese counterpart

Erdogan meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kazakhstan for the first time since 2022

Xi Jinping at the SCO summit called on the association countries to increase the exchange of intelligence data

The European Union has carried out its threat to impose provisional tariffs on imports of electric cars from China of up to 37.6%, according to the bloc's Official Journal

Chinese President: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization stands on the right side of history, fairness and justice

Putin begins negotiations with Xi Jinping.

China announces unusual military exercises in the South China Sea near Hainan Island

China expands electronic eavesdropping stations in Cuba, according to satellite Images shared with WSJ

The Agreement on free trade between Serbia and China enters into force

Taiwan Ministry of Defense:6 PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC 8) today. 2 helicopters entered Taiwan's southwestern and southeastern ADIZ. ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and responded accordingly

June 30: commercial aerospace company Space Pioneer (天兵科技) tested the first stage of its Tianlong-3 (天龙三号) launch vehicle at its integrated test center at Gongyi (巩义), Henan, but the testing ended in failure when, about 50 seconds after liftoff, the rocket stage crashed into the mountains, 1.5km from the test center, and exploded

Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan on July 2-6 - Chinese Foreign Ministry