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Taiwan says China military trying to wear it out

Sarah Wu, Reuters
Posted at Nov 29 04:58 PM

"Our national forces have shown that, while you may have this power, we have countermeasures." Read more »

China, Russia move closer to de facto military alliance

Laura Zhou, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 24 10:58 PM

China and Russia are edging closer to a de facto military alliance to counter growing pressure from the United States. Read more »

Taiwan commissions advanced new F-16s as China threat grows

Ann Wang, Reuters
Posted at Nov 18 06:29 PM

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen lauded military cooperation with Washington on Thursday as she commissioned the first combat wing of F-16 fighters upgraded with US help. Read more »

Taiwan defense report bares China's 'grey zone' coercion

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 10 04:23 PM

China's so-called 'first island chain' is a strategic line of defense formed by the Aleutians, the Kurile Islands, the Japanese archipelago, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the Philippines and Borneo. Read more »

Taiwan: China capable of air, sea blockade of island

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 09 05:32 PM

China is capable of blockading Taiwan's major ports and airports to cut off key transport links, the island's defense ministry warned Tuesday. Read more »

US: Cambodia 'opaque' over Chinese activity at navy base

Reuters
Posted at Oct 14 12:06 AM

Cambodia's ties with the United States have frayed in recent years over US allegations its ruling party is persecuting its opponents. Read more »

China enters Taiwan air defense zone a day after military budget boost

Reuters
Posted at Sep 18 03:35 AM

Taiwan sent combat aircraft to warn away the Chinese aircraft, while missile systems were deployed to monitor them, the ministry said. Read more »

Naval power in the Pacific in numbers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 17 07:00 PM

Here's how the military balance of power in the region stands. Read more »

China, Russia agree to boost military cooperation

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 13 11:53 PM

The two countries, however, have been deepening their ties of late as their relations with the United States have deteriorated. Read more »

Russia, China hold large-scale joint military drills

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 08:38 PM

"Our governments are too slow in responding," said Lidy Nacpil, coordinator of the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt and Development. Read more »

Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for greater focus on military development

Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 01 07:49 AM

Xi tells a Politburo study session that the country needs to ‘make preparations for military struggle’. His comments come ahead of an important PLA anniversary and at a time when China is facing a growing security threat on its border with Afghanistan. Read more »

Is China building a vast network of nuclear missile silos?

Liu Zhen and Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 03 02:25 AM

Chinese military observers have dismissed US media reports that China is building a network of nuclear missile silos in its northwestern desert, saying that they would be too vulnerable to attack and the technology involved is obsolete. Read more »

US Navy says carrier group operating in South China Sea

Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 04:48 PM

TAIPEI - A US aircraft carrier group led by the USS Ronald Reagan has entered the South China Sea as part of a routine mission, the US Navy said on Tuesday, at a time of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, which claims most the disputed waterway. Read more »

G7 seeks common front on China in first talks since pandemic

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 05 03:00 AM

The G7 devoted its first session to China, whose growing military and economic clout and willingness to exert its influence at home and abroad have increasingly unnerved Western democracies. Read more »

China’s military commanders come under attack for outdated training

Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 02 09:24 AM

The People’s Liberation Army has adopted lighter and more powerful automated weapons but instruction of ground troops ‘has not kept up’. Military chiefs have to reboot and adapt to lead the young generation of soldiers, observer says. Read more »

China ups defense spending in 2020 but ‘economic growth cushions increase’

Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 27 07:05 PM

China again increased spending on its military last year, reflecting a global increase in defence expenditures in spite of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Sweden-based research group. Read more »

Chinese Navy marks 72nd anniversary, no new warships unveiled

Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 24 01:29 PM

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy marked its 72nd anniversary on Friday at the country’s biggest naval base, but no new warships were unveiled.   Read more »

Japan, Indonesia pledge tighter military cooperation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 06:24 PM

TOKYO - Japan and Indonesia's ministers of defense and foreign affairs pledged on Tuesday to tighten their military ties to face an assertive China as the two countries hold talks in Tokyo.   Read more »

China announces further military exercises in disputed South China Sea

Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 28 07:58 AM

China's announcement follows the Philippines’ decision to step up ‘sovereignty patrols’ near Whitsun Reef or what Manila calls as Julian Felipe Reef. On Friday, mainland Chinese warplanes carried out the biggest incursion yet into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. Read more »

‘China’s military must spend more’ to meet US war threat

Jun Mai, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 09 01:18 PM

General Xu Qiliang, second in command of the armed forces after President Xi Jinping, said the spending was necessary to prepare the country for the “Thucydides trap”, the idea that conflict is inevitable when one power rises to displace a great one.   Read more »