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  • Thursday, 9 January, 2020
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Taiwan: concern grows over China’s invasion threat

    Beijing is ramping up its firepower and rhetoric, making defence central to Saturday’s election

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
    Taiwan
    Taiwan’s top military official killed in helicopter crash

    Deaths of 5 senior officers threatens to sap morale ahead of presidential poll

  • Friday, 27 December, 2019
    Middle East
    Russia, China and Iran launch Gulf of Oman war games

    US rivals project increased Middle East influence with first joint naval exercises

  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2019
    Beijing’s first China-built aircraft carrier enters service

    New vessel allows projection of growing military power further beyond own shores

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    InterviewJapanese politics & policy
    Japan sounds warning on China’s growing military might

    Defence minister Taro Kono says new missile systems have added to ‘global anxiety’

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    AnalysisIndian politics & policy
    India and China face off over Himalayan flashpoint

    Delhi’s desire for more control over Ladakh raises tension ahead of Xi-Modi summit

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    US foreign policy
    US restricts visas for officials linked to Uighur detentions

    Trump administration ratchets up pressure on Beijing on eve of trade talks

  • Friday, 4 October, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    China: the ultimate test of authoritarian rule

    Is the country a confident superpower or a brittle paranoid regime?

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2019
    China displays military advances in show of strength

    Beijing unveils missiles and drones in parade to mark 70th anniversary of communist rule

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  • Monday, 30 September, 2019
    Global InsightJames Kynge
    Chinese national day is a clash of grand narratives

    Western democratic tradition and China’s authoritarianism duel for primacy in Hong Kong

  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2019
    China launches naval assault vessel

    Amphibious ship boosts Beijing’s capabilities of mobilising Taiwan invasion force

  • Sunday, 22 September, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Why Taiwan is unfinished business for China’s Xi Jinping

    As Beijing gears up for the 70th anniversary of Communist party rule, its greatest unresolved legacy has resurfaced

  • Friday, 23 August, 2019
    Asia maritime tensions
    US accuses China of ‘coercion’ over Vietnam offshore oil

    State department says Beijing’s ship deployments are intimidating other countries

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
    US foreign policy
    Pentagon warns of China’s growing influence in the Middle East

    Top official cites fears that Beijing could leverage economic ties and steal sensitive technology

  • Friday, 16 August, 2019
    AnalysisHong Kong politics
    Hong Kong protesters play dangerous endgame with China

    Beijing realises huge risks of sending in troops but it remains an option

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    China masses troops in stadium near Hong Kong

    Thousands of paramilitary police gather in stadium on border with territory

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong’s PLA chief says protests ‘impermissible’

    Video shows Chinese soldiers training in the territory in full riot gear

  • Monday, 29 July, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    Talk of Chinese army intervention in Hong Kong rattles nerves

    Beijing seen using military in territory’s political crisis only in ‘extreme’ situation

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2019
    China
    China’s army can intervene in Hong Kong, says Beijing

    Military can help to ‘maintain social order’ if requested by territory’s government

  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    Cambodian leader denies plan to host Chinese military base

    Move would mark significant projection of Beijing’s power into south-east Asia

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
    Asia maritime tensions
    Chinese and Vietnamese ships in South China Sea stand-off

    Maritime analysts warn of escalation into dangerous confrontation in disputed waters

  • Sunday, 7 July, 2019
    Huawei Technologies
    Huawei CVs show close links with military, study says

    Findings to fuel debate over whether group’s 5G networks pose security risk

  • Sunday, 2 June, 2019
    US-China trade dispute
    China decries US tariff ‘coercion’ as trade rhetoric heats up

    Beijing defends drawing up blacklist and FedEx probe as defence minister joins dispute

  • Friday, 10 May, 2019
    AnalysisUS-China trade dispute
    China’s industrial-military hawks flex their anti-US muscles

    Army officers and defence company chiefs are in no mood for ‘mutual respect’ with Washington

  • Sunday, 28 April, 2019
    Asia maritime tensions
    US warns China on aggressive acts by fishing boats and coast guard

    Navy chief says Washington will use military rules of engagement to curb provocative behaviour

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