The undersea cable program, called the Countering CCP Control of Caribbean and Central America Undersea Cables project, is anticipated to support projects benefiting El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Haiti

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Freedom of navigation talks at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta were planned to include discussions on Iran, Russia-Ukraine, and China and its smaller neighboring countries

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The FCC voted 3–0 to bar all Chinese laboratories from testing electronic devices for regulatory approval for the U.S. market

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The FCC withdrew laboratory recognition from Dongguan-based SLG-CPC Test Laboratory Co. Ltd.

High-ranking military officials expelled from the party included former Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia, former Eastern Theater Command political commissar Liu Qingsong, former Northern Theater Command commander Huang Ming, and former Western Theater Command commander Wang Haijiang.

General Zhang Shengmin served as the military's leading anti-corruption chief from 2018 until July 2026, overseeing internal discipline for the People's Liberation Army prior to his Politburo elevation.

General Zhang Shengmin is the first person promoted to the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo outside of a national party congress since September 1994.

Ten alternate members of the Central Committee were promoted to full membership during the October 2026 plenum to fill vacant seats, including Shanxi governor Lu Dongliang and Zhejiang governor Liu Jie.

Following extensive anti-corruption purges, the seven-member Central Military Commission was depleted to only two remaining members: Chairman Xi Jinping and Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin.

Senior civilian officials formally expelled from the Communist Party during the October 2026 plenum included former Xinjiang party chief Ma Xingrui, former technology minister Jin Zhuanglong, and former International Department director Liu Jianchao.

President Xi Jinping has sustained a broad anti-corruption campaign since taking power in 2012, disciplining officials across military and civilian ranks to tighten party control.

Prior to his expulsion from the Communist Party and military for alleged disloyalty and factionalism, former Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia was the highest-ranking military official in China after Xi Jinping.

Only 162 of the Central Committee's 205 full members and 117 alternate members attended the fifth plenum in October 2026, marking a post-Mao low attendance rate of approximately 74 percent due to ongoing political purges.

The FCC's new testing rules will take full effect on December 1, 2028, giving electronics manufacturers two years to shift testing to laboratories in the United States or qualifying reciprocal economies.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce stated that the FCC restrictions severely damage the stability of China-U.S. economic relations and disrupt global supply chains.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce stated that China previously proposed negotiating a bilateral mutual-recognition agreement, but U.S. officials responded passively and negatively while remaining open to resolving the issue through consultation.

China's Ministry of Commerce warned on October 30, 2026 that Beijing will take necessary countermeasures to defend its interests if the United States persists in unilaterally restricting Chinese testing laboratories.

The FCC ban terminates recognition of testing laboratories and certification bodies in countries, including China, that lack a mutual recognition agreement or reciprocal trade agreement with the United States.

October 29, 2026 FCC meeting figures showed Chinese laboratories performed 82.3 percent of FCC equipment-authorization testing in 2025, up from about 13 percent in 2007, while domestic U.S. laboratories fell from about 31 percent to 3.6 percent.

The Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee plenum in October 2025 drew 315 full and alternate members, representing an attendance rate of approximately 84 percent.

Former Central Military Commission General Office director Fang Yongxiang and former National Defense Mobilization Department head Liu Faqing were expelled from the Chinese Communist Party.