Xi Jinping’s remarks come ahead of the 99th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army on Saturday. (EPA Images pic) BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping urged senior leaders of the ruling Communist Party on Friday to deepen the fight against corruption in the military and to advance the modernisation of national defence, state…
Dispute erupts in South China Sea after incident near Second Thomas Shoal involving Chinese and Philippine vessels. Published On 21 Jul 202621 Jul 2026 China and the Philippines are engaged in a dispute over who is to blame after a confrontation between their vessels in the disputed South China Sea left a Philippine sailor injured….
At least one more US service member has died following a massive Iranian missile attack in the continuing Middle East conflict, US Central Command said Sunday. The unidentified soldier was killed in action Saturday during a controlled detonation of unexploded devices from a downed Iranian attack drone – while newly discovered human remains may belong…
China’s fourth-highest-ranked official, Wang Huning, held talks with a top official of North Korea’s governing Workers’ Party Published On 16 Jul 202616 Jul 2026 China’s fourth-highest-ranked official, Wang Huning, has held talks in Pyongyang with a top official from North Korea’s governing Workers’ Party, the Reuters news agency reports, citing the state-run Korean Central News…
At 12:01 p.m. Beijing time on July 6, 2026, a Chinese strategic nuclear-powered submarine launched a long-range ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead toward designated international waters in the South Pacific. According to China’s official account, the missile landed accurately within the designated maritime area. Beijing described the launch as a routine element of its…
Chinese leaders often describe Beijing’s relationship with North Korea as close “as lips and teeth”, but as warm as bilateral ties appear, this is a relationship underscored above all by strategic necessity. On July 11, 1961, then Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and North Korean leader Kim Il Sung signed the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and…
The e-commerce giant says that the US government’s claims that it is affiliated with the Chinese military have ‘no basis in fact or law’. Published On 23 Jun 202623 Jun 2026 The Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense for labelling the retailer a “Chinese military company”….
Chinese embassy in Washington, DC condemns designation, calling it ‘discriminatory’. Published On 9 Jun 20269 Jun 2026 The United States has designated Chinese corporate giants Alibaba, BYD and Baidu as companies that support China’s military, expanding its blacklist to some of the country’s best-known commercial brands. The Pentagon included the firms in an update on…
The United States Department of Defence announced a series of agreements with seven artificial intelligence companies as part of its bid to expand the use of AI on the battlefield. With SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services on board, the defence department has stated that the collaborations will allow the US…
Taiwan reports second Chinese ‘joint combat readiness patrol’ in a week, says its forces responded to the situation. Published On 26 May 202626 May 2026 Taiwan has said it is monitoring the second Chinese “joint combat readiness patrol” near the island in a week, accusing Beijing of being the sole source of instability in the…