Sino-Russia relations have gone through subtle changes after the defeat of Hezbollah by Israeli operations in Lebanon in September and the victory of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the United States in early November.  The collapse of the...

China’s State Administration of Market Regulation is investigating American technology giant Nvidia for potential violation of anti-monopoly laws and an agreement on Nvidia’s acquisition of Mellanox Technologies in 2020. The first allegation makes sense only as retaliation against the...

With a thunderous launch, the US Army’s Dark Eagle hypersonic missile has just blazed past years of delays, signaling a bold new surge in America’s race for long-range precision firepower against China and Russia. This month, The War Zone...

Trump isn’t even president yet, and already some people are starting to realize that they didn’t get quite what they hoped they were voting for. During his campaign, Trump promised angry consumers that his policies would “rapidly drive prices down” and...

The battle for space supremacy is escalating as China’s stealthy maneuvers, Russia’s hunter-killer satellites and the US’s push for agile orbital combat capabilities converge toward future clashes in space. This month, Air & Space Forces Magazine reported that China’s...

A coalition of Syrian rebel groups spearheaded by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has taken Syria’s capital of Damascus by storm, driving President Bashar al-Assad into exile and opening a new uncertain future in the war-torn nation. Despite China’s distance...

The US just proved it can shoot down ballistic missiles from Guam, sending a bold message to China as tensions rise over a potential Taiwan war. This month, The War Zone reported that the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA)...

Donald Trump’s return to power is bringing his characteristic bluntness back to the global economic stage.  One of his first targets is the BRICS, an economic bloc founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa and with news...

President Xi Jinping says he has “full confidence in achieving this year’s economic growth target” and in China “continuing to play its role as the world’s largest economic growth engine.” Global markets seem less sure, though. Pledges this week...

The US Navy’s amphibious fleet is sinking under the weight of failing ships, missed missions and mounting maintenance backlogs, threatening its combat readiness and strategic edge against China’s rising maritime power. This month, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO)...

Pakistan’s New Energy Vehicle (NEV) policy targets 30% electric vehicle (EV) adoption for new vehicles by the end of 2030 and envisions a gradual transition to a zero-emission road fleet by 2060, positioning itself as an emerging player in...

Just as the legal noose tightens on the leader of Myanmar’s military junta, with a request for an arrest warrant from the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, the Chinese government seems to be extending a hand of...

A top US general has advocated for faster and greater production of the next-generation B-21 Raider bomber, a call to match China’s rapid airpower advancements and respond to fast-evolving threats. But an emerging hypersonic weapons gap may be shifting...

As Donald Trump gears up for another stint in the White House, the US President-elect is clearly concerned about what the BRICS nations may have in store for the US dollar. And, not surprisingly, Trump is threatening big-time penalties...

Aging rocket fuel may be quietly crippling the world’s nuclear arsenals, according to a new report exposing the ticking time bomb inside both US and Chinese missiles. This month, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Chinese rocket scientists...

Cyberattacks linked to the Chinese government that compromised large portions of the American telecommunications network have the US government sounding the alarm. The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), has called it the “worst telecom...

The South China Sea has long been a cauldron of tension and ambition, with overlapping claims from several nations converging in the resource-rich and strategically vital waterway. At the heart of the geopolitical theater is the fraught and historically...

The U.S. House will vote next week on a defense bill that includes over $3 billion to help U.S. telecom companies remove equipment from Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE. The bill addresses security concerns and urges the removal of Chinese-made gear from American wireless networks, with additional provisions targeting China.

MANILA – Weeks away from Donald Trump’s second inauguration, tensions are reaching a fever-pitch in the hotly contested South China Sea, a strategic theater the incoming US leader could intensify or ease depending on his eventual approach toward China....

The US Space Force (USSF) has activated a unit in Japan, marking a significant bilateral leap in countering rising threats from China, Russia and North Korea and solidifying the US-Japan alliance as a cornerstone of Indo-Pacific space security. This...

Russia has imposed a 55.65% tariff on China-made furniture parts, a trade war salvo that has raised hard new questions about Moscow and Beijing’s “no limits” partnership with US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on the horizon. Since autumn 2024,...

Four Chinese industry groups have called on their members not to buy American legacy semiconductors due to “safety” concerns after the US unveiled new export controls to ban shipping high-end US chips to China.  The Internet Society of China,...

Donald Trump’s decision to appoint former US Senator David Perdue as ambassador to Beijing signals a pragmatic approach to US-China relations that’s likely to be welcomed by international investors.  As a former CEO with a wealth of experience in...

Deutsche Telecom has contracted Finland’s Nokia and its Japanese partner Fujitsu to supply 5G network equipment for more than 3,000 sites in northern Germany, a massive rollout of so-called Open RAN technology that will undercut China’s Huawei in the...

Six weeks before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, speculation is rising over how exactly he plans to end the Ukraine war. The President-elect’s incoming Russia-Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, his former intelligence chief, Richard Grenell and Vice President...