The First Island Chain is designed to project force by using U.S.-friendly territories to deter and defend against aggression ...

China is encircling Africa with strategic ports that can service its warships as part of its strategy to expand its navy and military presence.

One of the Chinese Navy’s powerful amphibious assault ships has been pictured with a ...

China acquired naval platforms from Russia to rapidly boost its capabilities throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

China’s state broadcaster has aired an unusually detailed look at how the PLA Navy ...

The Pentagon says China is focused on “national total war,” blending its military with civilian industry, blockades, tech ...

China's control of the South China Sea does not necessarily mean the ability to use the region as a springboard to mount a ...

China’s maritime militia can swarm 2,000 “fishing” boats to rehearse a Taiwan blockade—weaponizing lawfare to threaten sea ...

China fired rockets into waters near Taiwan during large-scale live-fire drills Tuesday, staging its biggest military encirclement of the island in eight months while warning "separatist" forces and ...

China had at least 30 generals and admirals at start of 2023 who ran specialised departments and commands; nearly all of them have been expelled or have disappeared during Xi Jinping's sweeping purge ...

Analysts are calling it China’s biggest military purge in roughly half a century: President Xi Jinping has placed his second-in-command, China’s top general, under investigation. Shanshan Mei, who ...