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  • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
    Taiwan
    US approves drone sale to help Taiwan detect China invasion

    Washington has sold Taipei weapons worth $4.8bn in the past fortnight

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
    China-India relations
    India takes its tussle with China to the high seas

    New Delhi has shifted focus from the Himalayas to the oceans to send a warning to Beijing

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    Chinese politics & policy
    Beijing deploys role in Korean war in fight against the US

    A wave of propaganda has been unleashed to venerate China’s involvement in 1950s conflict

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    Gideon Rachman
    A distracted US is dangerous for Taiwan

    Political turmoil in Washington may open a window of opportunity for Beijing

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    Taiwan
    China calls on Taiwanese spies to switch allegiance

    Beijing claims it has uncovered hundreds of cases of espionage as tensions mount

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    News in-depthTaiwan
    China’s sabre-rattling over Taiwan rises as US tensions grow

    Taipei and Washington raise alarm that increase in military exercises could spark conflict

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    UK defence spending
    Russia and China waging ‘political war’, says UK military chief

    Gen Nick Carter warns ‘more of the same’ will not be enough to meet changing threat to west

  • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
    News in-depthChina-India relations
    Tibet’s shadow looms over Himalayan stand-off

    China’s concerns over the territory and the Dalai Lama’s successor are stoking antagonism with India

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    Taiwan
    China cranks up tensions in Taiwan Strait as US diplomat visits Taipei

    Eighteen Chinese bomber and fighter jets enter Taiwan’s air defence buffer zone

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    China’s assertiveness is against its economic interests

    Beijing has stoked a series of flashpoints on the country’s borders

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    US-China relations
    US plans $7bn arms deal with Taiwan as China ratchets up military threat

    Washington moves to bolster Taipei’s defences as concerns grow about Beijing’s intentions

  • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    China’s great power play puts Asia on edge

    Domestic insecurity, ambition and the pandemic blamed for Beijing’s belligerence

  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
    China-India relations
    China and India agree to ‘disengage troops’ in Himalayas

    Foreign ministers agree that troops must avoid any action that heightens tensions

  • Thursday, 10 September, 2020
    China-India relations
    India and China meet to defuse Himalayan border tensions

    Analysts warn border situation is on ‘knife’s edge’ as ministers talk in Moscow

  • Thursday, 10 September, 2020
    Taiwan
    Taiwan claims ‘severe provocation’ after China military drills

    Exercises reinforce fears Beijing will raise pressure on security after Covid-19 threat fades

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    Jamil Anderlini
    China’s Middle East strategy comes at a cost to the US

    Beijing gains in oil and influence as successive presidents in Washington withdraw

  • Tuesday, 8 September, 2020
    US-China relations
    US border agents turn up the heat on Chinese students

    Science scholars say they are being harassed because of tensions between Washington and Beijing

  • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
    China-India relations
    Himalayan border tension is ‘a recipe for disaster’

    India’s occupation of heights above Chinese positions stokes fears of greater conflict

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    China-India relations
    India bans 118 Chinese apps as Himalayan border tensions surge

    New Delhi accused People’s Liberation Army of ‘provocative actions’ during confrontation

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    US foreign policy
    Pentagon warns of China’s growing nuclear arsenal

    Annual report says Beijing is racing to become a ‘world class’ military force

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    How western democracies can help Taiwan

    China is putting growing pressure on the self-governing island

  • Monday, 31 August, 2020
    China-India relations
    India accuses China of ‘provocative’ moves on Himalayan border

    Tensions soar between nuclear-armed neighbours after troops engage in new confrontation

  • Monday, 31 August, 2020
    US foreign policy
    US declassifies Taiwan security assurances

    Decision to make documents public is part of Washington campaign to hold Beijing accountable

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    US-China relations
    Chinese military drill ratchets up tension with Washington

    PLA launches missiles in South China Sea capable of hitting US warships and military bases

  • Tuesday, 25 August, 2020
    Zhou Bo
    The risk of China-US military conflict is worryingly high

    The two sides are sleepwalking into confrontation in the South China Sea

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