A defence expert has warned that a US capitulation to Vladimir Putin in Ukraine could embolden China's hopes of reclaiming ...

Beijing will focus on courting G20 nations to join its financial networks to circumvent Western sanctions in a potential ...

In a series of war games in the seas and skies around Taiwan last month, China deployed some of its newest strike aircraft, ...

Over the past two years, major Chinese military exercises around Taiwan have gone from comparatively rare to almost routine.

A battle over Taiwan would be disastrous for all sides. To prevent one, the U.S. must ensure that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) also views the cost of a conflict as unacceptably high.

The 2027 scenario rests on the notion that President Xi Jinping has directed the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to be ready ...

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China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past five years staged almost daily military activities around the island, including war games that have ...

Donald Trump's cabinet of China hawks have likened the nation's communist rulers to Nazis, levelled Covid conspiracies at ...

CHINA’S WAR games around Taiwan on October 14th broke records for a single-day drill. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) employed 153 aircraft. Taiwan’s defence ministry also spotted 26 ...

Taiwan has set up a "war room" to watch the live stream from next week's COP29 climate summit given it is not allowed to ...