HONG KONG—Decades of spending increases have helped China build one of the world’s most substantial militaries, stirring fears that it could seize Taiwan or provoke a clash over territorial disputes ...
From Feb. 28 to March 6, there were no PLAAF sorties near Taiwan for seven days. This is an unusual lull in activity. What's ...
In a shocking development that has captured global attention, reports indicate that China may have delivered a massive shipment of military equipment to Iran, significantly heightening tensions in the ...
China’s purge of Gen. Zhang Youxia, long considered a confidante of Xi Jinping and a vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), and General Liu Zhenli, has set off a wide range ...
China showing off its missiles durinng a 2025 military parade - Babayev/Getty Images A closer look at China's military hardware reveals that it now also possesses weapons and military technologies ...
Despite years of warnings that China could move on Taiwan within the decade, the U.S. intelligence community now assesses that Beijing is not planning an invasion of Taiwan by 2027 and has no fixed ...
It’s one of the most consequential questions in the world today – and no one really knows the answer. January 09, 2026 In 2024, U.S. intelligence reported something that sounds like a dark comedy: up ...
Mao Zedong and Nikita Khrushchev, during the Soviet leader’s 1958 visit to Beijing, China. In China’s case, history is not an academic backdrop but a practical guide to strategic planning, especially ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of Taiwanese air force F-16V fighter aircraft prepare for take off at Chiayi Air Base in January. Taiwan has not detected a ...
Mr. Garnaut, a founder of the geopolitical risk advisory firm Garnaut Global and a former China correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald, wrote from Melbourne, Australia. President Xi Jinping’s ...
March 15, 2026: The Chinese military’s year began inauspiciously with more purges of the senior ranks of the military. The latest round of removals involved senior officers who did not respond to ...
A combat veteran, Zhang Youxia was once seen as the most trusted man in Xi Jinping’s military. Now he has been accused of disloyalty to Mr. Xi. Zhang Youxia at a legislative meeting in Beijing in ...