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Beijing is assembling a network of overseas port facilities to protect its global interests
More defence outlays will benefit select local groups able to manufacture the latest technologies
Fujian is the PLA’s most advanced vessel and the first to be entirely designed and built domestically
Tensions on display at Shangri-La security forum as Beijing hits back at US accusations of aggression
Defence minister Wei Fenghe says annexation of Taiwan ‘must be achieved’ at Asian security forum
Lloyd Austin warns China against ‘provocative’ activity at Asian defence forum
Xi Jinping’s ambitions and the modernisation of China’s military are prompting growing fears about an attempt to annex the island
Canberra says action occurred over South China Sea days after Anthony Albanese elected PM
From Taiwan to Greece, state-owned group with military links is enmeshed in world trade
Japan condemns joint exercise as ‘provocative’ and ‘unacceptable’
Scheme announced a day after Joe Biden said US would use force to defend Taiwan from attack
Talks with Kiribati and another nation come after Beijing agrees deal with Solomons
Washington accelerates embassy reopening in South Pacific nation after it agreed a pact with Beijing
Lloyd Austin had been pushing for call with Beijing’s top general but had been repeatedly rebuffed
Agreement will exacerbate western fears over Beijing’s growing influence in South Pacific
Mid-election trip to Honiara highlights western alarm at draft security deal with Beijing
Small businesses from China have scoured the globe for important strips of land. Are they trying to make money or are they a front for Beijing?
Washington fears Beijing will gain strategic toehold in Pacific close to Australia
Beijing becomes partner and potential supplier to former source of military equipment
Leaked draft raises prospect of People’s Liberation Army building naval base in South Pacific
Exercises on Dongyin island highlight anxiety about Beijing’s intentions and military preparedness
The performance of Russian troops on the ground may have come as a surprise to China’s People’s Liberation Army
Prime minister Scott Morrison describes encounter in the Arafura Sea as an ‘act of intimidation’
Beijing’s first export of J-10C jets marks step-up in decades-old arms relationship with Islamabad
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