https://www.scmp.com/rss/519451/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sylvie Zhuang Sylvie Zhuang The Pentagon’s coming defence strategy report will contain major changes in the US’ plans to counter China’s military and economic strength, according to Chinese defence researchers. The new National Defence Strategy, a road map of defence priorities for each US president’s term, is expected to be released in the coming weeks. According to a Defence Department memo in May, the report will “prioritise defence of the US homeland, including America’s skies and borders, and deterring China in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3328996/will-china-be-lower-us-defence-priority-new-strategy-report-will-soon-tell?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3328996/will-china-be-lower-us-defence-priority-new-strategy-report-will-soon-tell?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:00:08 +0000 Alcott Wei,Seong Hyeon Choi Alcott Wei,Seong Hyeon Choi The successful launch of fighter jets from China’s most advanced aircraft carrier signals the country’s enhanced military influence in the western Pacific, analysts have said. The J-15T fighter jet, the fifth-generation J-35 stealth fighter and the airborne early warning aircraft KJ-600 successfully completed catapult launches and arresting gear landing tests aboard the Fujian, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday. The Fujian is China’s first fully domestically designed aircraft carrier and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3326581/fujian-aircraft-carrier-launches-show-china-gaining-ground-western-pacific-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3326581/fujian-aircraft-carrier-launches-show-china-gaining-ground-western-pacific-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:14:28 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Australia and Papua New Guinea’s defence forces will be integrated under a new security pact that will be signed this week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said. Albanese said on Monday that he and his Papua New Guinean counterpart, James Marape, would sign the pact on Wednesday, a day after celebrating the South Pacific island nation’s 50th anniversary of independence from Australia. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will also be in PNG capital, Port Moresby, for... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3325557/australia-upgrade-defence-ties-png-chinas-pacific-influence-grows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3325557/australia-upgrade-defence-ties-png-chinas-pacific-influence-grows?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:31:04 +0000 With a gentle breeze on its stern, our tough little Zodiac inflatable boat motors gently up to a deserted beach. Massive kapok trees draped in dense creeping vines fringe the rough coral sands, which are split by a glistening stream from the jungle beyond. But behind the foliage a surprise awaits. As our rubber bow kisses the shore, the tranquillity is shattered by a blood-curdling chorus of screams and yelps. As if disgorged by the jungle itself, an excited band of vine-clad men and boys... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3210052/south-pacific-southeast-asia-small-ship-cruises-offer-intimate-brushes-traditional-culture-those?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3210052/south-pacific-southeast-asia-small-ship-cruises-offer-intimate-brushes-traditional-culture-those?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:15:08 +0000 I was born in 1953 in Branscombe, a small village in Devon (in southwest England), and we lived a couple of miles outside the village. Although I was born eight years after the second world war, we still had rationing, so it was fairly austere. My father was a farm labourer, my mother worked for the market garden and I had a younger brother and sister. It was a tremendous place to grow up, we had the beach in the summer and shooting in the winter, but I knew there were no jobs unless I wanted to... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3165424/ship-captain-who-rescued-crashed-plane-hong-kongs-harbour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3165424/ship-captain-who-rescued-crashed-plane-hong-kongs-harbour?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Feb 2022 05:15:09 +0000