{"id":217603,"date":"2025-02-11T03:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-china-building-a-massive-military-command-center-in-beijing-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T03:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:05:14","slug":"why-is-china-building-a-massive-military-command-center-in-beijing-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-china-building-a-massive-military-command-center-in-beijing-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is China building a massive military command center in Beijing? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yTLh52v0XAY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why is China building a massive military command center in Beijing? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yTLh52v0XAY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>China is building a massive military complex in Beijing. According to US officials, the military command center includes bombproof bunkers for its leaders in the event of nuclear war, and is ten times larger than the U.S. Pentagon. <\/p>\n<p>DW interviews Michael Beckley, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, on China\u2019s massive command center and why conflict between China and the U.S. could escalate into nuclear war.<\/p>\n<p>#chinamilitary #chinesemilitarycommandcenter<br \/>\n#chinaus<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and background information on the German election 2025 go to our dedicated page: https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-election-2025\/t-70794502<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China is building a massive military complex in Beijing. 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