China’s construction of a runway on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago is well underway, with analysts estimating that the facility could be completed by the middle of 2027 and strengthen Beijing’s
A gambling and real estate empire owned by a prominent Cambodian businessman leased buildings that were later used as the base for large-scale online fraud and human trafficking operations, according to a
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China’s exports of integrated circuits nearly doubled in the first half of the year as rising global demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure accelerated shipments of semiconductors and computing hardware, according to customs
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China has elevated household consumption to the centre of its long-term economic strategy by unveiling its first stand-alone five-year plan dedicated exclusively to boosting consumer spending. The blueprint sets a target of
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China and Russia have expanded their naval cooperation with the participation of submarines in the “Joint Sea-2026” military exercise, marking what Chinese military sources described as the first time Chinese and Russian
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In the long arc of Chinese Communist Party history, Xi Zhongxun occupies a distinctive place. He was a revolutionary, a senior leader and, at times, a victim of political purges. Yet what
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Typhoon Bavi has triggered widespread emergency preparations across East Asia, with authorities in China, Taiwan and Japan taking precautionary measures as the powerful storm moved toward the region’s coast, bringing warnings of
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China has accused the United States of supporting Tibetan independence after Washington reiterated its support for the Tibetan people’s right to preserve their culture and identity and called for renewed dialogue to
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Strengthening deterrence and deepening relations between Taiwan and Japan are essential to maintaining stability in the Taiwan Strait, former Japanese national security adviser Shigeru Kitamura said on Thursday, as he highlighted the
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A growing fleet of shadowy cargo vessels operating around Taiwan has drawn renewed scrutiny after a Financial Times investigation found that many ships placed on Taipei’s maritime security blacklist have links to
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China has publicly disclosed details of a new generation of high-power microwave (HPM) weapons capable of producing outputs of up to 100 gigawatts, according to a paper published by defence scientists, marking
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Residents across eastern China are preparing for the arrival of Super Typhoon Bavi, a storm spanning nearly 940,000 square kilometres that has prompted supply stockpiling, travel concerns and emergency preparations as authorities
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For years, Uyghur fighters arrived in Syria through conflict routes stretching from Central Asia to the Turkish-Syrian border, joining armed opposition groups battling the government of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Many
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Relations between India and the United States have come under renewed scrutiny after former Indian intelligence official Vikram Sood cited remarks allegedly made by US Deputy Secretary of State Landau suggesting that
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China has conducted a submarine-launched ballistic missile test, firing a nuclear-capable missile into the Pacific Ocean as part of a planned military exercise, according to state-run reporting. The missile, which carried a
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Taiwan’s military has restored the original framing of its patriotic education programme as an “anti-communism” training initiative, citing escalating security threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to statements from the
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