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WEEK IN REVIEW: Xi Jinping Reaffirms Support for Maduro

The Pentagon has reportedly flagged the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, the electric vehicle leader BYD, and the search engine provider Baidu for inclusion on a list of companies that assist the Chinese military. The decision was reportedly made before the recent talks between Presidents Xi and Trump. It’s ...

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Competing Naval Drills in South China Sea Raise Tensions

Competing naval exercises got underway in the South China Sea this week, further raising tensions in a region marked by overlapping territorial claims. The Philippine Navy cooperated with allies in carrying out a maritime cooperative activity (MCA) exercise, which focused on ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: China Warns Citizens Abroad Against Seafood Poaching

The U.S. State Department imposed sanctions on a Chinese research institute and several companies it said have been involved in supplying Pakistan's ballistic missile program. Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for China's embassy in Washington, said, "China firmly opposes unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction that have no basis in international ...

PLA Navy at the Ready to Enforce Beijing’s New “No Trespass” Rule in the South China Sea

A Chinese Navy amphibious assault ship shadowed by its support vessels appeared near the disputed Spratly Islands on Friday in an apparent signal that the PLA Navy plans to actively enforce Beijing's new "no trespass" rule in the South China Sea. ...

China, Cambodia to Hold Joint Military Exercises

Cambodia and China will hold joint annual military drills from Thursday, an official said, amid US concerns that Beijing could use a Cambodian naval base to expand its influence in the region. A Chinese warship docked in the coastal city of ...
Israeli Experts Converge: China Can’t Afford to Back Iran
An Iranian man shouts anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli slogans while standing in front of a portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a rally to pledge allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei amid the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, on March 9, 2026. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto) (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)
By Amanda Chen One week into the war triggered by the American-Israeli joint offensive on Iran launched on Saturday, February 28, Tehran’s retaliation has already expanded from targeting U.S. military assets to striking Gulf energy and civilian infrastructure. On March 7, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian publicly apologized to ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: Xi Jinping Reaffirms Support for Maduro

The Pentagon has reportedly flagged the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, the electric vehicle leader BYD, and the search engine provider Baidu for inclusion on a list of companies that assist the Chinese military. The decision was reportedly made before the recent talks between Presidents Xi and Trump. It’s ...

Competing Naval Drills in South China Sea Raise Tensions

Competing naval exercises got underway in the South China Sea this week, further raising tensions in a region marked by overlapping territorial claims. The Philippine Navy cooperated with allies in carrying out a maritime cooperative activity (MCA) exercise, which focused on ...

WEEK IN REVIEW: China Warns Citizens Abroad Against Seafood Poaching

The U.S. State Department imposed sanctions on a Chinese research institute and several companies it said have been involved in supplying Pakistan's ballistic missile program. Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for China's embassy in Washington, said, "China firmly opposes unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction that have no basis in international ...

PLA Navy at the Ready to Enforce Beijing’s New “No Trespass” Rule in the South China Sea

A Chinese Navy amphibious assault ship shadowed by its support vessels appeared near the disputed Spratly Islands on Friday in an apparent signal that the PLA Navy plans to actively enforce Beijing's new "no trespass" rule in the South China Sea. ...

China, Cambodia to Hold Joint Military Exercises

Cambodia and China will hold joint annual military drills from Thursday, an official said, amid US concerns that Beijing could use a Cambodian naval base to expand its influence in the region. A Chinese warship docked in the coastal city of ...

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Conducts First Sea Trials: State Media

China's Fujian aircraft carrier took to the water for its maiden sea trials on Wednesday, state media said. This is a key next step in Beijing's vast naval build-up as it carves out a more assertive role for itself in the Pacific and beyond. ...

Mideast Media Outlets Are Misreading a Chinese Naval Deployment to the Gulf of Aden

A trio of Chinese warships departed the Port of Zhanjiang in Guangdong province last week and are now on their way to the Gulf of Aden.  There is nothing unusual about this deployment as the three vessels are going to replace ...

China May Deploy Navy in Spats With Philippines in South China Sea, Chinese Analysts Say

Weeks of steadily escalating confrontations between the coast guards of China and the Philippines in the South China Sea culminated on Tuesday with Chinese analysts saying Beijing may deploy navy ships in future encounters. China has generally only used its coast ...

Guessing China’s Military Basing Ambitions

By Lukas Fiala Occasionally, a new report reignites the debate over where China might place its next military base. And just in time for the PLA’s 96th anniversary on Tuesday this week a recent study from AidData sheds new light on the topic. ...

Where Will China’s Next Naval Base Be? New Report Lays Out the Options

Amid worries in Washington about the expansion of China’s global military reach, a new report by AidData, a research lab at the College of William and Mary, identifies eight locations for possible future bases. Recent reports that a pier at the Ream ...

Chinese-Funded Naval Base in Cambodia Looks Strikingly Familiar

Cambodia’s Chinese-built Ream naval base is reportedly nearing completion. The base has long been controversial, with U.S. defense officials charging that it could serve as a Chinese naval base. Satellite images show that a pier that could house an aircraft ...

PLA Navy Tour of Africa Stops in the Republic of Congo

A weeks-long tour of Africa by a trio of Chinese warships continued with a stop in the Republic of Congo on Friday, where they were greeted by Defense Minister Richard Mondjo. The PLA Navy ships previously made stops in Nigeria, Ghana ...
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