2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (336+ words) TAIPEI, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s coast guard said on Friday that it had warned off and shadowed a Chinese research ship sailing in sensitive waters to the island’s west, ​the third time the vessel has appeared since May in ‌what Taipei…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (257+ words) Defense researcher Li Jin from Beijing’s top economic planning agency is pushing to turn civilian merchant fleets into a covert navy. Look closely at the cargo ship Zhong Da 79, which was recently spotted equipped with modular missile launchers and electromagnetic…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (835+ words) HONG KONG, Aug 19 (Reuters) – China has completed the first phase of construction on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago, building a man-made island in the hotly-disputed South China Sea that analysts say will form part of its largest military base....

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (248+ words) As the USS George Washington aircraft carrier heads to the Middle East, expected to relieve sailors and Marines on the USS Abraham Lincoln, fresh scrutiny has fallen on living conditions aboard U.S. Navy ships—especially as the move will leave the…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (751+ words) President Donald Trump's war against Iran is stretching the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships as China shows more signs of aggression. American allies in the Pacific are unsettled over…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (377+ words) TAIPEI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s armed forces carried out an anti-blockade drill during annual war games, using the navy and coast guard to simulate escorting a merchant ship, the defence ministry said on Thursday, as China ​steps up its maritime pressure....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (93+ words) and its biggest vulnerabilities could be energy and communications. Chris Chappell looks at Taiwan’s latest war games, China’s growing pressure around the island, and the preparations underway to keep Taiwan… pic.twitter.com/IA13aGFUFM — China Uncensored (@ChinaUncensored) August 11, 2026 The post Taiwan…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (340+ words) TAIPEI, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government has condemned “dangerous” planned Chinese navy drills with an Indonesian warship off the island’s east coast, saying Beijing was trying to create a false ​impression to the international community that it controls those waters. China…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (223+ words) BEIJING, Aug 11 (Reuters) – The Chinese and Indonesian navies will hold a drill together in the sensitive waters to the east ​of Taiwan this month, China’s defence ministry ‌said on Tuesday, where Beijing has been seeking to assert its sovereignty claims....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (181+ words) MANILA, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The Philippine foreign ministry said it did not condone threats of violence against foreign officials after five ​caskets containing anti-China messages were found abandoned ‌in Manila in the early hours of Friday morning. China filed a solemn…...