China is on a mission to turn its military into a modern fighting force. In the final article in this four-part series, we look at President Xi Jinping’s military goals and obstacles facing the People ...

Through several rounds of reform, China has moved to consolidate control of its aerospace-related military units – including ballistic missile defense – under a single command. Soldiers with an ...

As climate change forces the world’s militaries to adapt to new security conditions and ponder their own carbon footprints, the People’s Liberation Army has been largely silent. The PLA’s silence is ...

The Communist Party of China has proposed a raft of new reforms for the PLA Measures are intended to accelerate military modernisation and eradicate corruption The Communist Party of China (CPC) has ...

China says ICBM successfully tested in remote Pacific PLA Rocket Force modernizing nuclear forces amid US missile defence improvements Taiwan detects increased Chinese military activities, including ...

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A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. China’s People’s ...

China’s defense minister, Li Shangfu, hasn’t been seen for three weeks. Is that a good thing or bad for China and its military? Reuters and other news organizations reported that Li, along with eight ...

China has unveiled sweeping new regulations to tighten the release of information about its military online, a move that could obscure key sources for monitoring the world’s largest armed forces. The ...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command on Sunday warned away an Australian P-8A military aircraft intruding into China's territorial airspace over Xisha Qundao in the ...