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Alcott Wei
Reporter, China
Alcott Wei joined the Post to report on China in 2025, after working as an intern for the Beijing bureau in 2024 and has long had a keen interest in Chinese politics. He graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and communication.
Alcott Wei joined the Post to report on China in 2025, after working as an intern for the Beijing bureau in 2024 and has long had a keen interest in Chinese politics. He graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and communication.
Areas of Expertise:
Chinese politics and societyLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
CCTV footage shows naval unit conducting anti-drone and uncrewed target exercises as mainland China’s military launches 2026 training cycle.
President Lee Jae Myung says he asked his Chinese counterpart to act as a mediator to help restart talks about Pyongyang’s arsenal.
Liu Shyh-fang and Cheng Ying-yao are added to list of ‘stubborn Taiwan independence figures’.
Proposed changes show William Lai’s administration and party are ‘peace destroyers, crisis creators and war instigator’.
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When the ‘law of the jungle’ replaces international norms, no sovereign nation is safe, Xinhua commentary says.
Fighter in service for more than a decade often patrols potential conflict hotspots including the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.
Excavations at the Doushan site near Wuxi suggest water may have spurred the development of the oldest centres in the area.
Island’s defence ministry says vessel’s passage through the waterway showed ‘no military intent’ and no aircraft were seen on its deck.
Designer says UAV can quickly penetrate target areas for reconnaissance and rely on stealth to send information from battle front lines.
Incidents near the disputed Scarborough and Sabina shoals threaten to undermine recent efforts to put relations on a ‘healthier’ footing.
The airline must pay over US$410,000 per passenger in China’s first formal compensation ruling on flight that vanished 11 years ago.
Island’s digital affairs ministry says five Chinese apps collect sensitive data, access biometric functions and ‘extract system information’.
At Aero Asia in Zhuhai, developer says it put high-altitude drone with missiles through live-fire target tests above 4,000 metres.
President tells Politburo that new technology should be applied to promote socialist ideology.
The incident comes at a time of heightened tension after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi angered Beijing with her comments on Taiwan.
‘Minnan Wolf’, once a poster boy for cross-strait harmony, is one of two Taiwanese influencers with arrest warrants in mainland China.
Embassy security alert instructs travellers to put plans on hold as diplomatic crisis worsens.
Commentary in PLA Daily says Washington’s military build-up in the Caribbean is ‘trying to promote regime change’.
The HQ-29 has been compared to the American sea-based SM-3 and the silo-based Ground-Based Interceptor.
Type 055 destroyer among PLA vessels to transit Osumi Strait days after Beijing criticised Japanese leader, defence ministry in Tokyo says.
De facto ambassador Raymond Greene meets opposition party’s new chairwoman two weeks after the Xi-Trump summit in Busan.
Three of China’s ‘seven sons of national defence’ receive bans ranging from two years to ‘permanent’ amid Beijing’s anti-corruption drive.
Military promotional video is the first time China has publicly shown its manned-unmanned teaming technology.
The Fujian is the PLA Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier and it is expected to be used to project global power.
China has the potential to produce more aircraft carriers, including nuclear-powered ones, according to state media.
World’s largest conventionally powered warship makes China the second country to field a carrier with electromagnetic catapults after the US.
Senior Chinese general calls for cutting training, management and equipment support costs while improving procurement.
Zhang Youxia calls for military to eliminate ‘poisonous influences and long-standing problems’ and to accelerate weapons development.
A day after the Xi-Trump summit in South Korea, defence chiefs meet in Malaysia – and this time Taiwan is on the agenda.
