China’s new ‘Long March’: Digging in for a struggle bigger than trade war – Los Angeles Times

The 10-minute segment that ran on Chinese state television this week showed cadet trainees of the People’s Liberation Army scrambling over towering walls, dragging enormous tires, crawling through mud and shouting motivational slogans as President Xi Jinping exhorted the academy to be ready to fight and win a modern war.

Source: China’s new ‘Long March’: Digging in for a struggle bigger than trade war – Los Angeles Times

BRI may provide cushion for China’s growth over next four decades – Chinadaily.com.cn

China is poised to grow strongly in the next two to four decades due to the Belt and Road Initiative and this will provide significant business opportunities to other economies in the world which would benefit from the country’s business wisdom, participants of a student-led business forum in London said.

Source: BRI may provide cushion for China’s growth over next four decades – Chinadaily.com.cn