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What newly released Pentagon maps reveal about China's growing military reach
Maps in the Pentagon's latest China Military Power Report illustrate Beijing's growing ability to s…
Benjamin Brimelow
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China's military has become one of the world's most powerful, but the US still has one big advantage
Decades of modernization can't give the Chinese military skills that the US has spent two decades u…
Benjamin Brimelow
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With new operations on opposite sides of the world, Chinese military aircraft are showing off growing reach
China's air force is getting "more confident in its ability to operate farther" from its shores wit…
Christopher Woody
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Updated Pentagon maps reveal the Chinese military's growing reach
In 2020, the Chinese military's ground force, naval fleet, and aviation force all continued to grow.
Benjamin Brimelow
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Warnings about 'brain-control' weapons reflect growing US concern about China's military research
The US military says China is exploring "next-generation operational concepts for intelligentized w…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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New Pentagon charts lay out China's growing military advantage over Taiwan
Taiwan is modernizing its military, but data compiled by the US Defense Department shows that China…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Taiwan says China flew 25 warplanes into its airspace in the largest breach yet
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said that 25 People Liberation Army aircraft entered Taiwan's…
Sinéad Baker
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China is downsizing its army to under a million; PLA to be cut by three lakh troops
China's military is undergoing a restructuring process, as a part of which it will let go three lak…
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China's military is growing rapidly, but it hasn't been 'tested' like US troops have, former top US admiral says
China's troops haven't been "tested writ large like US ground forces," the former commander of US I…
Benjamin Brimelow
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China honours martyrs from Galwan Valley clash for the very first time
For the first time, China on Friday honoured its four People's Liberation Army soldiers killed and …
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China now has the world's 3rd-largest aviation force. Here are the combat jets it's using to catch up with the West.
China's air force and navy now field roughly 2,250 dedicated combat aircraft, and it's "rapidly cat…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Stop counting warships. China's special-operations forces are Taiwan's real problem.
As impressive as China's naval expansion has been, Chinese leaders may not rely on those ships to r…
Lyle Goldstein, Defense Prior…
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China's first stealth fighter for aircraft carriers is emerging, but a big problem still weighs it down
A model jet spotted on a fake aircraft carrier is the latest hint about what China's navy may have …
Benjamin Brimelow
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A 2020 hack of the Japanese military was tied to cyberspies from China's People's Liberation Army
A former US military official called the hack that gave Chinese spies access to Japan's military pl…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Chinese military rips scenes from 'Transformers' and other Hollywood blockbusters for this propaganda video touting its bombers
The footage from Hollywood films was used to create an attack scene showing a strike on an airfield…
Ryan Pickrell
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China's rapidly growing navy just got 3 new warships in a single day
The Chinese navy, already the world's largest, just got a new submarine, destroyer, and amphibious …
Ryan Pickrell
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China has its sights on Taiwan — here's what Taiwan's military needs to keep Beijing at bay
Rising tensions are a reminder of the threat Taiwan faces from China. They also come as Taiwan's mi…