Interpreting Politico-Strategic Motivations for Chinese Military Exercises
China uses joint exercises to reassure Russia, while at the same time intimidating its regional opponents in times of rising tensions over Taiwan.
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China uses joint exercises to reassure Russia, while at the same time intimidating its regional opponents in times of rising tensions over Taiwan.
Windspeed measuring device was destroyed as category four cyclone hit, injuring nearly 200 and creating waves up to seven metres highA category four cyclone has produced one of the strongest wind gusts ever recorded worldwide, and injured almost 200 pe…
Michael Cox elaborates on the current state and future of US foreign policy, as well as the relevance of growing ties between Russia and China for global politics.
Beijing: China’s military on Sunday released an animation depicting the journey to reunite two halves of a torn scroll across the Taiwan Strait, according to CNN.This comes as a reference to the country’s longstanding goal of “reunification” with the democratic, self-ruled island.The Eastern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) released the animation to mark National Day, the
Hong Kong: China responded with mocking derision when Taiwan unveiled its first Indigenous Defence Submarine (IDS), which displaces approximately 2,700 tons, at a ceremony in Kaohsiung on 28 September. Taiwan is planning to construct up to eight such submarines and, despite China’s rhetoric, they will present significant challenges to China’s military in any potential conflict.Senior Colonel Wu
Forecasters in Taiwan expected Koinu, which formed over the weekend, to get stronger in the coming days.
“They’ve managed to do it. That’s the key takeaway,” Euan Graham, China export at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said of Taiwan building its first submarine. “And they did it against very strong political headw…
Increased frequency of Chinese drills has raised the risk of events ‘getting out of hand’, the island’s defence minister saidChina’s government has said that recent drills near Taiwan were aimed at combating the “arrogance” of separatist forces, after …
Chen Siming posts video from Taoyuan airport saying he is seeking asylum from political persecutionA Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan whe…
“We have concluded that we’re not able to change the production priorities [for Taiwan]. That would be an easy answer but unfortunately there are no easy answers,” senior State Department official Mira Resnick told Breaking Defense.