The emerging Strategic Support Force is leveraging the civilian sector to expand China’s space, cyber, electromagnetic and psychological warfare capabilities.

PLA says increased military spending aims to ‘improve strategic capacity’ to defend sovereignty, security and development interests amid ‘instability and uncertainty’ and ‘complex and grim’ anti-separatist struggle.

Xi Jinping says the People’s Liberation Army needs to innovate and explore new types of combat force models.

US Air Force secretary Frank Kendall says the move is designed to ‘meet strategic challenges in a time of great power competition’.

Range of amphibious landing and logistics skills key to any major Taiwan attack may only come in the mid-2030s, retired US Navy intelligence officer J. Michael Dahm writes.

State media reports top political advisory body decides to revoke seats of executives from three major companies

Hu, who replaces Dong Jun, referred to by new title for the first time in ceremony announcing his promotion to admiral.

Despite its transformation, experts warn the PLA has to keep on top of the changing face of modern warfare.

Hopes for a meeting between the two presidents depend on open communication between senior officials, former Chinese envoy Cui Tiankai says.

Arrival of delegations from sworn enemies Armenia and Azerbaijan at Beijing Xiangshan Forum shows the Global South is looking at China for regional security solutions, defence expert says.

China's military faces increasing global scrutiny amid rising tensions with the US and in various geopolitical hotspots. This series examines the convergence of technology, global rivalries and China's military.

The country has the second biggest military budget in the world after the US, but Washington is taking a range of measures to maintain its advantage.

China’s focus on versatility, such as autonomous vehicles and AI-equipped weapons, is in contrast to weapons designed for asymmetrical warfare. The US also sees technology as a way to shape the parameters of a potential conflict.

Leading PLA researcher says traditional equipment-oriented development no longer fit for purpose in fast-moving defence landscape.

PLA Daily tells senior officers to investigate day-to-day challenges in what analysts say is part of larger anti-corruption drive and an attempt to improve morale amid tough security challenges.

‘According to that logic, if you want to attract Russian tourists, you have to build Stalin Park,’ says Seoul’s Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs of Gwangju’s plan to build a memorial to Zheng Lucheng.

By the middle of this year, the PLA Navy had transferred most of its aviation units to the air force.

Summoning the top brass to Beijing, Xi again says loyalty to the party at the heart of armed forces’ goals.

Analysts described the rules governing a range of social interactions as unprecedented and something that had not even happened in the Mao Zedong era.

Breakthroughs in electromagnetic launch technology pave the way for a nuclear-powered warship to carry rail gun, laser and high-powered microwave: Ma Weiming.

Programmes addressing a potential contest with China – such as long-range cruise and hypersonic missiles – better funded than rest of budget: researcher.

The PLA is expanding its reach and ramping up its technology but the pressure is taking a toll on personnel.

Developers say system combines missile technology and AI to ward of unmanned flying vehicles.