“The Eastern Theater Command wanted to test and also demonstrate its ability to rapidly surge forces forward in order to seize comprehensive control of sea and air domains,” Mr. Lewis said. “They were able to very quickly shift … to an exercise or an attack posture.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/w...

Russia and the U.S. have long vied for mastery of the Arctic. China is now advancing to hold its own spot at the top of the world, giving its military closer access to Europe and America www.wsj.com/world/china-...

Air superiority and long-range strikes: what China's war games say about how it might assault Taiwan www.businessinsider.com/chinas-war-g...

'No worries': Trump downplays Chinese military drills around Taiwan www.bbc.com/news/article...

A clandestine operation involving shell companies and high-seas maneuvers is keeping the Sino-Russian energy trade afloat www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

The PLA said that it would hold live-fire exercises in five blocks around Taiwan on Tuesday, saying “any irrelevant vessel or aircraft is advised not to enter”. Some of the blocks are in or near the Taiwan Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

„This year went far better for Xi Jinping than he could have reasonably hoped for” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In a conflict, Taiwan’s fate would become quickly intertwined with the U.S.-Japan security alliance. To repel a full-scale attack, Taipei would need America—its main defense partner—to join the fight. To fight effectively, American forces would need Japan www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...

China’s military dispatched air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint military drills around Taiwan, a move Beijing called a “stern warning” against separatist and “external interference” forces. Taiwan said it was placing its forces on alert apnews.com/article/chin...

The rush to securitise assets — some of which appear to have highly uncertain underlying value — is itself fuelling questions about the long-term sustainability of Chinese local government finances www.ft.com/content/2d9e...

One simple step could help make America’s economy great again, according to Trump. It would make China great too, according to an adviser to the Chinese government. The two are talking about a significant weakening of the dollar versus China’s currency www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Profits at China's industrial firms in November fell at their fastest pace in over a year, as weak domestic demand offset resilience in exports in another sign of a stuttering economic recovery that backs calls for additional policy stimulus www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi is set to host the foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand to “consolidate” the new ceasefire deal between the Southeast Asian countries www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

„Censorship in China is a strong, strong problem. It guarantees the legitimacy of the government, because you can’t question it. But at the same time, censorship will never make China bright and brilliant“, says Ai Weiwei www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

China will ban retractable car handles beginning Jan. 1, 2027, amid growing safety concerns that electrically powered designs can prevent passengers from escaping or being rescued after mishaps www.sixthtone.com/news/1018021

Soon you may be able to type a new Chinese character: the gender-neutral pronoun www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/c...

China announced largely symbolic sanctions against 20 US defense companies and 10 executives, signaling its anger over Washington’s latest arms sales to Taiwan while stopping short of a broader escalation www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China is still restricting the rare earth elements that the US needs to produce its own permanent magnets and other products even after Trump reached a deal with Xi in October www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Four former defence company bosses have been sacked by China’s top political advisory body amid an ongoing anti-corruption campaign in the military and related sectors www.scmp.com/news/china/p...

Beijing could eventually see a full amphibious invasion of Taiwan as the only "prudent" way to bring about unification, the Pentagon said in his annual report to Congress focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait...

Images of a Chinese shipping vessel carrying several containerized vertical launch cells systems appeared online. The vessel appears to be a standard civilian container carrier, further augmented with radars, Vertical Launch Systems, and other systems www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Kuaishou, a major rival of TikTok’s Chinese version Douyin, suffered a cyberattack that unleashed thousands of vulgar and violent videos on its livestreaming service for about 90 minutes, shocking hundreds of millions of users across China www.cnn.com/2025/12/24/b...

China has packed a deck of a medium-sized cargo ship with 60 containerized vertical launch cells, radar, and close-in weapons www.twz.com/sea/chinese-...

India is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build roads, tunnels and landing strips throughout the Himalayas, as it prepares for a possible future clash with China. „It was a dramatic shift in thinking,” said Maj. Gen. Amrit Pal Singh www.wsj.com/world/asia/i...

China is making steady progress on developing more sophisticated weapons and expanding its armed force’s ability to operate away from the mainland, including against Taiwan, according to the Pentagon’s latest assessment of Beijing’s military strength www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Concerned that artificial intelligence could threaten Party rule, Beijing is taking steps to keep it under control. Chatbots pose a particular problem: Their ability to think for themselves could generate responses that spur people to question party rule www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chin...

It’s easier to move your factory out of China than it is to move China out of your factory www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

This Christmas will be even harder for China’s Christians: A wave of arrests targeting Zion Church shows how Beijing is trying to enforce its agenda and control religion www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

China's air force is gaining more influence in the People's Liberation Army as top officials from other branches are ensnared in the government's anti-graft campaign asia.nikkei.com/politics/def...

„China’s historic military buildup has made the U.S. homeland increasingly vulnerable“, the Pentagon‘s annual report on China‘s military capabilities says media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/23/...

China is in the midst of a “historic military buildup” that has made the US homeland “increasingly vulnerable,” according to the latest edition of the Pentagon‘s annual report on China‘s military capabilities www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Myanmar's military-run elections are being pilloried abroad and shunned at home, but neighbouring China has emerged as an enthusiastic backer of the pariah poll. International monitors have dismissed the vote as a charade to rebrand Myanmar's military rule www.barrons.com/news/dispute...

U.S. bans new China-made drones, sparking outrage: American customers hoarding products in anticipation of restrictions against popular Chinese manufacturer DJI and a smaller competitor, Autel Robotics www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Self-sufficiency push has made China a tougher competitor to the U.S., but it comes with enormous waste www.wsj.com/world/china/...

China Vanke Gets Temporary Lifeline to Prevent Debt Default: Bondholders agreed to a plan that gave the company a 30-day grace period to negotiate repayment of a $285 million bond issue www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...

The first stage of China's reusable Long March 12A "was not successfully recovered" during the rocket's inaugural flight, according to Xinhua, as Beijing looks to close the gap with U.S. giant SpaceX www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/c...

China Delays Plans for Mass Production of Self-Driving Cars After Accident: „A pause — not to stop progress, but to slow it down, narrow the scope and put guardrails around it” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...

„No industrial revolution has ever emerged outside advanced democratic capitalism.“ Why China can’t win the AI-led industrial revolution. Here is some food for thought www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

China replaces military commanders overseeing Beijing and Taiwan operations www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12...

China is likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles across three silo fields and has no desire for arms control talks, according to a draft Pentagon report www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

Pentagon’s Taiwan war games reflect US anxiety over PLA power: defence experts www.scmp.com/news/china/m...

The ability to churn out advanced armaments is a key element in Xi Jinping’s vision of making China less reliant on the outside world www.wsj.com/world/china/...

‘Orwellian Climate of Fear’: How China Cracks Down on Critics in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/w...

Trump answered growing concerns that he could give China a pass on its increasing regional militarism with one of the largest-ever U.S. arms sales to Taiwan www.wsj.com/world/china/...

The number of ride-hailing drivers in China tripled to 7.5 million in the four years to 2024, even though the number of rides grew only by about 60% during the same period www.wsj.com/world/asia/1...

Powerful, targeted jamming caused a temporary blackout of satellite navigation systems, including GPS and civilian BeiDou, in Nanjing. Official explanation indicates a possible exercise with military purpose www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

“This is a Christmas gift for the Chinese car industry.” China is the real winner of the EU’s combustion engine ban reversal www.politico.eu/article/why-...

Pope Leo’s China dilemma: So far, he has been following the appeasement policy championed by his predecessor. It’s possible there will be a course correction after the pope meets with his cardinals in January. Perhaps he will choose to gently push back firstthings.com/pope-leos-ch...

TikTok has signed a deal to divest its U.S. entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors ending a yearslong saga www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...

A source within Japan's prime minister's office said that the country needs nuclear weapons, remarks that deviate from the country's long-standing non-nuclear principles and could trigger backlash at home and abroad asia.nikkei.com/politics/def...