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Liu Zhen
Reporter, China
Liu Zhen joined the Post in 2015 as a reporter on the China desk. She previously worked with Reuters in Beijing.
Liu Zhen joined the Post in 2015 as a reporter on the China desk. She previously worked with Reuters in Beijing.
Areas of Expertise:
China military and diplomacyLanguages Spoken:
English, Japanese, Mandarin
From Israel’s Iron Beam to the Chinese-developed Silent Hunter, directed-energy weapons are part of anti-drone strategies.
Show of force comes a day after state broadcaster airs rare footage of Chinese military drills on a contested reef of the Spratly Islands.
Footage that appeared on the mainland Chinese platform RedNote came with a detailed analysis of the base’s facilities and squadrons.
Facilities for research, production, testing and storage of important weapons and equipment deemed ‘protected areas’.
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A mainland Chinese publication has outlined how the PLA could target key infrastructure to achieve a maximum effect at minimal cost.
J-35 stealth fighters also carry out tests and flights, but it is not clear if the jets were launched from the Fujian’s hi-tech catapults.
‘Provocations’ take place 11 times in 10 days, with two aircraft coming as close as 10 metres.
The 73rd Group Army exercises tactics and skills of near-shore driving and landing operations with armoured amphibious vehicles.
The CETC radar works with VHF radio waves and can be truck-mounted and folded for rapid set-up and evacuation.
Indian defence ministry approved order for 156 helicopters while eyeing high-altitude operations where it has issues with China and Pakistan.
The defence ministry says the move will help ‘adapt to the needs of restructuring military services and the military talent training’.
Asia-Pacific region described as scene of ‘power play’ by Western entities seeking to ‘curtail, suppress and contain China’.
Claims that Indian-owned fighters were shot down by Pakistan’s Vigorous Dragon jets suggest significant firsts for both aircraft.
Statement decries US initiatives including expansion of security alliances, development of ‘Golden Dome’ and sharing of nuclear technology.
If involvement in downing of five Indian aircraft is confirmed, it would be the J-10C’s first known air-to-air kill recorded in live combat.
CCTV shows brief footage of electromagnetic launch system while warning its complexity will mean longer sea trials.
In a Taiwan conflict, J-36 could counter advantages of American B-21 stealth bomber, says magazine affiliated with state shipbuilder.
Vessel has submerged displacement of 11,000 tonnes, maximum speed of 30 knots and can operate at a depth of 400 metres, according to PLA.
Shanxi Returnees’ Chamber of Commerce publishes open letter to Dong Mingzhu over comment she would ‘never use a haigui pai’.
Chinese players account for the bulk of world output of five essential elements used in 80,000 American weapons parts, researchers find.
State media reports CCG officers ‘exercising maritime control’ on one of the reefs in the Spratly Islands also claimed by Philippines.
The Japanese navy could be one of the first in the world to operate the advanced air defence system after recent sea trial.
Foreign ministers meet in Beijing and decry America’s ‘abuse of tariffs’ ahead of negotiations this week between Washington and Tehran.
Call from China’s top diplomat Wang Yi follows first ‘2+2’ talks between the two countries’ foreign and defence ministers.
Numerous videos and pictures appear to show the unofficially named J-36 and J-50 are being put through their paces.
Eyeliner-based jibes at US vice-president and hypocrisy accusations for press secretary’s ‘made in China’ dresses surge online.
Social media post showing the medium-sized airborne early warning and control aircraft in PLA Navy paintwork prompts speculation.
Chinese coastguards and their Philippine counterparts accuse each other of dangerous behaviour south of the contested area.
The Chinese leader was focused on the need to uphold the multilateral trading system in his remarks at the start of his Southeast Asia tour.
