China considers Taiwan its own territory and has threatened to take control of the island by force if necessary. China also ...

As China’s history shows, no matter if it is Tsarist, Bolshevik, Soviet, or “democratic,” Russia’s strategic and geopolitical logic guiding its behavior remain unchanged.

For three years, Xi Jinping has been cleaning out the Chinese military elite, bringing high-level dismissals and ...

The anti-corruption campaign has left open positions and a lack of senior officials with the experience to fill them.

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The PLA has been moving fast to modernise its arsenal and warfare strategy, but it's seen as 'seriously deficient' in some areas It has been a turbulent year for the fraught US-China relationship. In ...

As this article goes to press, security officials in Iran are carefully weighing their options on how to dole out violence to preserve an authoritarian system. It is an existential moment for any ...

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 ...

As 2025 ends, tensions between China and Taiwan are higher — and more overt — than at any point in recent years, fueled by expanded U.S. military support for Taipei, increasingly bold warnings from ...

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s military on Monday dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around the island of Taiwan, which Beijing called a “stern warning” against ...