On September 15, Resident Fellow Thomas Donnelly co-chaired a hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission that concerned the Taiwan Strait and China’s military modernization.

The Department of Defense recently released its long-overdue annual report on China’s military power. The document tells us much about how the Democratic Congress and the Obama administration would ...

The People’s Liberation Army Navy now fields a battle force of more than 370 ships and submarines, making it the largest fleet on the planet by hull count. Beijing has also put a third aircraft ...

The war against Iran forces the US to move the USS George Washington to the Middle East while Beijing takes its ships farther ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock The Pentagon has widened the roster of Chinese firms it says are connected to the Chinese military, including ...

A senior Defense Department official marked the anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s military arm with a speech at the Chinese embassy in Washington Tuesday, declaring the U.S.-China military ...

In March 2025, China’s military researchers published a concept describing how to rapidly capture and subdue the city of Taipei. Distributed in restricted military channels, this approach argues ...

America’s ability to deter China in a war over Taiwan is weakened, Chinese analysts say, giving Beijing leverage in an upcoming summit with President Trump. By David Pierson and Berry Wang Reporting ...

More than a decade into Xi Jinping’s rule, China’s military has grown more formidable, its factories dominate global manufacturing and its technology pioneers are closing the gap with Silicon Valley.

During a recent conference on the People’s Liberation Army, I heard the same question posed to attendees and paper writers: “How would China react to U.S. force posture change X, Y, or Z?” or “How ...

A visitor walks in front of Alibaba booth during the 3rd China International Supply Chain Expo at the China International Exhibition Center, in Beijing, China, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh ...