Category: Military

Chinese Navy Brushes Past Okinawa Islands After Japanese Transit in Taiwan Strait

China said a group of its naval vessels, including a destroyer, passed through a waterway between two islands administered by the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday as it returned home after testing far-seas capabilities. Vessel formation 133 dispatched by the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command has completed its ...

China Flexes Energy Leverage as the Philippines, U.S. Start Annual War Games

By Joe Cash China on Tuesday implied energy assistance for the Philippines could be tied to Manila holding military drills with the U.S. and other allies, as its top newspaper showed Beijing's readiness to leverage its reserves in diplomatic disputes.

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Sailed Through Taiwan Strait, Taipei Says

The Chinese aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, the Taiwanese defence ministry said, in the first transit of the sensitive waterway by such a vessel since late last year. Taiwan, which Beijing views as its territory, reports ...

U.S. Begins Philippines War Games in Thick of Middle East Conflict

Thousands of American and Philippine troops, joined for the first time by a significant contingent of Japanese forces, began annual military exercises Monday set against the backdrop of the Middle East war. The war games will feature live-fire exercises in the ...

China Says Its Military Activities Around Taiwan ‘Reasonable, Justified’

China's regular military activities around Taiwan are "entirely justified and reasonable," and any tensions are the fault of the government in Taipei, the Chinese defense ministry said in a rare comment on Friday. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Three New Polls Show China is Edging Past the U.S. as the World’s Partner

Worry about the Trump administration’s decision-making is leading the public around the world to see China as an increasingly attractive counter-option. This is the main takeaway from three large public opinion polls released recently.
The annual Gallup poll of 130 countries is the largest of the three. They also include new Arab Barometer polling of countries in the Middle East, and an annual ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute poll of Southeast Asia.

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U.S Senators Reassure Taiwan on Weapons Approvals in Coming Weeks

By Michael Martina The United States will likely approve pending weapons sales to Taiwan in coming weeks, a bipartisan group of senators assured Taiwanese lawmakers in a letter, urging Taipei to hasten its stalled defense spending in the face of

Trump Says China Agreed Not to Arm Iran, Amid Reports of Help

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed not to send weapons to Iran after he personally asked Beijing to hold back, inserting China more directly into the diplomacy around the Iran conflict. In an interview aired on ...

China Moves to Block Entrance to Disputed South China Sea Shoal, Images Show

By Greg Torode and Karen Lema China is employing ships and a barrier to tighten control of the entrance to the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea amid roiling tension with the Philippines over the disputed feature, satellite imagery ...

Beijing Denies FT Reports That Iran Used Chinese Spy Satellite to Target U.S. Bases

Iran secretly acquired a Chinese spy satellite in late 2024 that has allowed it to target U.S. military bases across the Middle East during the current war, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, an account Beijing dismissed as untrue. The ...

China Calls U.S. Claims of Military Pressure on Taiwan a ‘Distortion’

The United States' claims about China exerting military pressure on Taiwan are distorted and demonstrate its "malicious intentions", a government spokesperson in Beijing said on Wednesday. China has stepped up military activity around democratically governed Taiwan, which it views as its ...

China Calls Reports it Supplied Weapons to Iran ‘Baseless Smears’

China on Monday called reports it had supplied or intended to supply weapons to Iran "baseless smears", after several outlets quoted U.S. intelligence sources to that effect. On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Beijing with a "staggering" new tariff ...

Trump Warns China on Iran Arms, Then Casts Doubt, Signaling Balancing Act Before Xi Summit

U.S. President Donald Trump sent conflicting signals over the weekend in response to China's reported plan to send weapons to Iran, including air defense systems. “If China does that, China is gonna have big problems,” Trump told reporters on 
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