Russia has made two major compromises with China by giving Beijing the green light to build a railway in nearby Central Asia and accepting China’s suggestion of re-routing the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline to pass through Kazakhstan...

A clutch of retired British pilots have been banned from re-entering the United Kingdom’s defense sector after they were found to have trained the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in China two years ago. The pilots were among those from...

China’s economy is having major problems. Despite the country’s dominance of global manufacturing, its living standards are starting to stagnate at a level far below that of developed countries. China’s growth has slowed down dramatically, from around 6.5% before...

China has heightened trade war tensions with the United States by extending existing tariffs imposed on a crucial chemical solvent, sanctioning seven American firms on security grounds and threatening to stop buying US semiconductors within a single day. China’s...

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the Biden administration’s leading light behind efforts to limit China’s access to advanced chips and related technologies, now says that export controls are merely “speed bumps” and that “trying to hold China back is...

One of the top imponderables of 2025 is whether China might devalue the yuan. It was a decade ago that Beijing shocked global markets with a sizable downward shift in the yuan exchange rate. Now, analysts are buzzing about...

Hong Kong will likely feature prominently in the wider trade, security and geopolitical tussle between the United States and China under Donald Trump’s incoming second administration. If so, the Hong Kong dollar’s peg to the US greenback could come...

China recently banned the export of the minerals gallium and germanium to the US amid growing tensions between the two countries on trade. The minerals are of critical economic value because they are used in computer chips, in military...

China is moving with awesome speed to take the global lead in realizing nuclear fusion as a commercial energy source. With the scheduled completion of the Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) in Hefei Province in 2025, China...

The incoming Trump 2.0 administration’s nomination of China hawks such as Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz and Elbridge Colby for senior leadership positions would seemingly bode well for Taiwan.   Sydney Morning Herald correspondent Lisa Visentin is among those who conclude that “Trump has...

The Biden administration announced a trade investigation into Chinese legacy semiconductors, which usually refer to 28 nanometer or higher chips, to protect America’s chip-making sector.  The Office of the US Trade Representative will launch a Section 301 investigation to...

The last time Donald Trump was US president, he entered trade wars with China and Europe. But despite his bravado and tariffs, the US trade deficit did not improve. In fact, it deteriorated from US$195 billion in the first...

US President-elect Donald Trump has named most of the members of his proposed cabinet. However, he’s yet to reveal key appointees to America’s powerful cyber warfare and intelligence institutions. These include positions like national cyber director, director of the...

China has strongly protested outgoing US President Joe Biden’s approval of as much as US$571.3 million worth of defense material and services for Taiwan, warning that America is “playing with fire” with its latest provision of military material and...

Waymo has announced plans to bring its self-driving taxis to Tokyo in early 2025, beating Japanese automakers to the draw and stealing a march on Tesla’s robotaxi in the largest urban market for autonomous driving outside China. This past...

Beijing has criticized Washington for promoting a “China threat” narrative after the United States Department of Defense released its annual China Military Power Report (CMPR). According to the latest CMPR, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is prioritizing the development...

India has recently taken a significant diplomatic step by reopening its embassy in Pyongyang after a three-year hiatus. This move, occurring in the context of North Korea’s growing military capabilities and its strengthening alliances with Russia, China and Iran,...

China’s bold push to master hypersonic air-launched weapons — deploying cutting-edge drones, balloons and next-gen strike vehicles — signals a significant shift in global military power and raises the stakes for US missile defense. This month, the War Zone...

This article was originally published by Pacific Forum. It is republished with permission. Vietnam’s maritime security is shaped by its geographic position, strategic interests, and the pressing need to safeguard its territorial waters. The South China Sea (known in...

the US government reportedly is investigating Chinese router manufacturer TP-Link over potential national security risks, with authorities considering a ban on the sale of its home internet devices in the US as early as next year.

China is sharpening its electronic warfare blades against the US Navy, targeting critical sensors and radars to disrupt the Americans’ high-tech battle networks in a race for all-domain battlefield dominance. This month, the South China Morning Post reported that...

Too often in the West we suffer from dictator envy, feeling jealous and a bit afraid of the power and decisiveness of today’s autocracies such as Russia and China. This month should act as a corrective for such feelings,...

Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments and policy pronouncements have been dominating the headlines and many of these appointments and pronouncements have dire implications for China. The Chinese have noticed. They’re signaling some of the ways they will react if Trump...

The rapid collapse of the Syrian Arab Army in the face of the advance of Turkish-backed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which the UN Security Council has identified as a terrorist group, has drawn attention to the foreign fighters within their...

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...