New high-definition satellite imagery shows steady progress on a sprawling site outside Beijing that analysts believe could be a military command complex designed to protect China's leaders from a nuclear strike by the United States.

Why It Matters

The vast site, dubbed “Beijing Military City” by open-source analysts, is located roughly 20 miles southwest of the Chinese capital. Its construction footprint hints at a complex nearly 10 times the size of the Pentagon.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to become a “world-class” force by mid-century, a phrase widely understood as shorthand for matching or surpassing U.S. military capabilities.

While Beijing has accelerated its buildup of naval ships, long-range missiles , and nuclear warheads, ex

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