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Chinese military

  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
    News in-depthPhilippines
    Philippines wrestles with how to face down China while policing 7,000 islands

    Manila does not have maritime resources to go toe to toe with Beijing, say government officials

    A Chinese coastguard vessel, labeled 5201, uses water cannons against a Philippine resupply vessel, Unaizah
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    China launches biggest amphibious assault ship in projection of military power

    Vessel described as ‘light aircraft carrier’ unveiled a day after test flights of new fighter jet prototypes

    A colourful display of fireworks erupts into the sky during the launching ceremony for China's first Type 076 amphibious assault ship at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai.
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    China is rapidly expanding nuclear forces, says Pentagon

    US defence department reports that Beijing has increased operational nuclear warhead arsenal by 20% in a year

    A mobile intercontinental missile launcher drives past people with cameras at a Beijing military parade
  • Sunday, 15 December, 2024
    News in-depthDrones
    China’s ‘loyal wingman’ drones open new front in competition with US

    Aircraft designed to accompany crewed stealth jets could help Beijing challenge American air superiority

    China’s Feihong FH-97A, a ‘loyal wingman’ drone designed to accompany crewed aircraft, on display at Zhuhai air show in China
  • Sunday, 15 December, 2024
    News in-depth
    Big Chinese naval exercise leaves Taiwan and US struggling for response

    Taipei and Washington draw different conclusions over meaning of unannounced military deployment

  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    Nuclear proliferation
    US nuclear build-up would not help deter China from using atomic weapons in Taiwan, war game finds

    Unclassified exercise by CSIS and MIT suggests Washington should not go beyond current modernisation plans

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Asia maritime tensions
    Philippines considers new UN case against Beijing over South China Sea activity

    Manila hopes to enlist other countries to add to pressure on China

    A China Coast Guard ship is seen from a Philippine Coast Guard vessel during a supply mission in disputed waters of the South China Sea in August
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Taiwan
    China starts military movements after Taiwan leader’s first foreign trip

    Beijing’s aviation authorities have partially restricted swaths of airspace, indicating imminent military activity

    Lai Ching-te waves upon arrival at Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan on Friday
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    China probes top officer discipline ‘violations’

    Investigation into Miao Hua takes Xi Jinping’s purge of military to its highest echelons

    Miao stepping out of an aircraft during a visit to North Korea in 2019
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    China’s defence minister placed under investigation for corruption

    US officials say probe is part of wider operation to uncover graft in People’s Liberation Army

    Dong Jun listens during the Asean- China defence ministers’ meeting in Vientiane, Laos
  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    News in-depthPakistan's politics
    Xi faces heat over failure to protect Chinese workers overseas

    Bomb attack by Pakistan separatists adds to pressure on Beijing to secure interests

    Chinese President Xi Jinping walks past uniformed military personnel holding rifles
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    China unveils J-35 stealth fighter jet to compete with US

    Beijing’s latest-generation aircraft revealed at Zhuhai air show as part of military modernisation

    A J-35A stealth fighter jet flies in the sky during the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China 2024
  • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
    Asia maritime tensions
    Philippines aims to buy US missile launcher in move likely to anger China

    Typhon intermediate-range system first deployed in archipelago for bilateral exercises

    A mid-range capability launcher arrives in Northern Luzon, Philippines, on April 8 2024
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Asia maritime tensions
    Indonesia says it drove Chinese coastguard ships out of disputed waters

    Beijing’s sweeping maritime claims and muscular enforcement actions have been creating friction in South China Sea

    Personnel wearing orange life vests are seen on the deck of a Chinese coastguard ship in the disputed South China Sea waters.
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    China’s show of force in massive military exercises alarms Taiwan

    Taipei wants other democracies to push back harder against Beijing

    A fighter jet takes off from the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, illuminated against the dark sea and sky, during nighttime military drills
  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    China deploys record number of warplanes in drills around Taiwan

    Manoeuvres come after president asserted sovereignty but asked Beijing to co-operate to secure peace

    A Chinese warship sails in the foreground, with the aircraft carrier Shandong visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky during battle group training in footage released in August 2022
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Taiwan
    Taiwan’s president calls on China to ‘live up to’ duty to protect peace

    Lai Ching-te says Beijing has ‘no right to represent’ Taipei in first National Day speech

    Lai Ching-te gestures during Taiwan’s National Day celebration, standing at a podium adorned with purple flowers in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei. A blue flag with the Republic of China Armed Forces emblem is visible in the foreground.
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    China’s most advanced nuclear submarine sank in shipyard, says US

    First vessel of new Zhou class was being prepared for sea trials

  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    China tests intercontinental ballistic missile in Pacific for first time since 1980

    First major missile launch since hypersonic tests in 2021 comes ahead of anticipated Biden-Xi phone call

    Spectators wave Chinese flags and watch military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China in Beijing in 2019
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Taiwan
    China’s growing military activity makes a shift to war harder to spot, warns Taiwan

    Defence minister says Taipei will not have as long to respond to any emergency as in the past

    Wellington Koo speaks while standing among several soldiers during missile shooting exercises in Fangshan, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The soldiers are dressed in camouflage uniforms and helmets, and some are wearing protective goggles.
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    US-China relations
    US Navy Seal unit that killed bin Laden trains for China invasion of Taiwan

    Elite commando team makes plans to help island nation in event Beijing launches war

    A montage of the Seal Team 6 logo, Taiwan map and US Navy Seal members
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    US-China relations
    Top Chinese general to visit US as militaries step up engagement

    Move marks latest effort to defuse tensions over Taiwan and South China Sea

    United Kingdom’s carrier strike group led by HMS Queen Elizabeth and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces led by Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise joined with US Navy carrier strike groups led by flagships USS Ronald Reagan and USS Carl Vinson sails to conduct multiple carrier strike group operations in the Philippine Sea
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    US accuses China of directly supporting Russia’s ‘war machine’

    Official’s comments mark first time Washington says Beijing is providing Moscow with lethal aid for the war against Ukraine

    A frigate fires a missile during Russian naval exercises
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    US-China relations
    US and Chinese military commanders in Indo-Pacific hold first call

    Exchange is latest sign of renewed engagement to ease bilateral tensions

    Admiral Samuel Paparo speaks at a press conference in the Philippines on August 29. He is wearing a military uniform and standing in front of the flags of the United States and the Philippines.
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Rose Gottemoeller
    A ramp-up in nuclear weapons is not always a bad thing

    US expansion could play an important role in bringing China and Russia back to the negotiating table

    A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is seen during a military display
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