Taiwan's Defence Ministry detects 26 aircraft, 10 PLA vessels close to its territory
Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Wednesday said it detected 26 airctafts and 10 Chinese People's Liberation Army vessels close to its territory.
China launches joint patrols, military exercises around Taiwan
Nanjing: The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Saturday launched joint air and sea patrols and military exercises of the navy and air force around the island of Taiwan.
Taiwan pledges to attack Chinese military if PLA forces enter 12-mile zone
Taipei: Taiwan has reiterated its determination to attack Chinese warships and aircraft if they come within 12 nautical miles of the island, the Taiwan Defense Ministry's combat planning chief Maj. Gen. Lin Wen-huang said on Tuesday.
China sends 6 military aircraft, 5 naval ships around Taiwan: Reports
Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has said it tracked six Chinese military aircraft and five naval vessels around the country between 6 a.m. on Sunday (May 14) and 6 a.m. on Monday, media reports said, an episode that may have potential to further escalate tension between the two nations.
China planning to recruit Nepal's iconic Gorka soldiers into PLA: Reports
Beijing: China is planning to recruit Nepal's iconic Gurkha security personnel to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), media reports said Sunday.
Xi Jinping under house arrest? Social media abuzz with rumours
In the last few weeks social media has been abuzz with rumours of Chinese President Xi Jinping being put under house arrest. Several social media posts indicated that Jinping was removed as the chief of China’s People’s Liberation Army, or the PLA while he was away in Samarkand in Uzbekistan to attend the SCO meeting.
Tension with Tokyo: China joins Russian-led drills in Sea of Japan
Tokyo: China has sent a flotilla led by its largest destroyer to participate in the joint naval drills with the Russian navy in the Sea of Japan, sending a message to Japan amid strained Sino-Japanese ties.
Analysts believe Taiwan Strait drills shed light on some of China’s tactics for seizing island
Beijing: Military analysts believe that the recent drills which mainland China conducted against Taiwan exposed part of Beijing’s strategy for seizing control of the island.
Beijing: Amid ongoing talks with India to resolve all outstanding border issues, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently carried out a military exercise with attack helicopters over disputed Pangong Lake, a video telecast by the Chinese state media network CCTV shows.
PLA conducts patrol around Taiwan
Beijing: Chinese armed forces have conducted a joint patrol involving multiple services and arms in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island, a spokesman for the Chinese army's Eastern Theater Command said on Wednesday.
China may have already established a nuclear triad, says Pentagon report
Washington/UNI: The US Defense Department in a new report says that China may have already established a nuclear triad, which includes the ability to launch nuclear-capable missiles from the air, ground and sea.
China: PLA fighter jet crashes in Henan province, video emerges
Taipei: A video was released recently where it was seen that a People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) two-seater Chengdu J-10S fighter jet crashed in Henan Province, media reports said.
China is building military base in Pakistan's Gwadar
Gwadar: The CPEC Authority, a joint institution of Pakistani and Chinese governments to oversee CPEC projects, has commenced building a fenced wall around the Gwadar city in the country, triggering discontent among people of Balochistan, media reports said.
Analysts believe that Taiwan's long-range radar system has become crucial for the safety of both the US and the self-ruled island amid rising tension with China, media reports said.
'China's borderland disputes are a tactic to win concessions on wider issues with its neighbours'
Beijing has long stoked and sustained borderland disputes as a tactic to win concessions on wider issues with its neighbors, an opinion piece by Swedish journalist and Asia expert Bertil Lintner published in Asia Times said.