Among the buyers were the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Shandong Artificial Intelligence Institute, the Hubei Earthquake Administration and a state-run aviation research centre.

New force is ‘a key pillar in coordinating the construction and application of the network information system’, according to President Xi Jinping

Swedish think tank finds regional expenditure on armed forces rises at its highest rate in a decade.

Admiral Stephen Koehler will lead US delegation to symposium hosted by PLA Navy in and is expected to meet “Chinese counterparts”, diplomatic sources tell the Post.

Next week’s iteration of the annual joint exercise will be the biggest and a clear signal to Beijing, observers say.

PLA Daily warns that a deal between the US military and a new SpaceX unit poses huge security challenges for ‘other countries’.

Two PLA Navy ships are the only vessels to have docked at the Chinese-financed Ream naval base since upgrades last year, according to a US intelligence report.

Location is ‘deterrent signal’ to Beijing as tensions spike with Manila, analyst says, while another sees Washington readying for hot conflict over Taiwan or South China Sea.

Mid-range launcher now in the Philippines is a ‘powerful weapon’ capable of retaliatory strikes on mainland China, analysts say.

Impact of study on US military’s F-22 fighter jet could be great given range of its air-to-air missiles and required radius for ground bomb attacks, says team.

Legislation comes amid alarm in Washington over volume of material moving from Beijing to Moscow and said to be turning up on battlefields in Ukraine.

The call between Dong Jun and Lloyd Austin comes after a series of clashes between the Chinese coastguard and the Philippines, a US ally.

People’s Liberation Army holds air defence exercise amid fighting between Three Brotherhood Alliance and Myanmar’s military junta.

The video call between Secretary Lloyd Austin and Admiral Dong Jun, who was appointed defence minister in December, is the latest sign of a thaw in US-China relations.

The name of the ship has already been criticised in China because it shares its name with an imperial warship that bombed Shanghai in the 1930s.

Possible enlargement of the Indo-Pacific cooperation pact could leave China more isolated, with a more complex network of potential adversaries.

After pausing them during the pandemic, Beijing’s growing military diplomacy is seeing more frequent port visits.

‘If China and Vietnam work well on this’, Manila would ‘not go too far to provoke’ Beijing, analyst says.

Comments follow US President’s meeting with Japanese leader, where they unveiled a series of deals to strengthen military and economic ties to counter China.

New weapons programmes to counter China in the air and space held up by political obstruction, stopgap measures, Senate subpanel told.

The US urged greater transparency from Cambodia over the US$1.7 billion project that analysts say could be used to boost China’s military presence in Phnom Penh.

Study Times, a key Communist Party paper, publishes series by PLA experts on emerging weapons technology to take strategic high ground.

Chinese foreign ministry says China does not compete with other nations in military power and ‘firmly pursues a defensive national defence policy’.

A new Japanese regiment equipped with advanced anti-ship missiles was established in the strategically vital Ryukyu island chain last month.

Ukraine’s drones have taken a heavy toll on Russian ships and ports, offering valuable lessons in asymmetrical warfare.

Meeting in Hawaii on Wednesday and Thursday was first face-to-face consultation since Xi Jinping and Joe Biden agreed to resume military dialogue in November.

The PLA said the war in its neighbour’s northern region ‘seriously threatened’ security and stability as well as residents’ safety in both countries.

Daniel Duggan was arrested in 2022 and was accused of breaking US law by training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers.

Jakarta and Beijing pledge to strengthen joint drills as Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto meets Chinese defence chief Dong Jun during his first overseas trip since winning his country’s election.