China’s J-50 Sixth-Generation Stealth Fighter (Shenyang J-50)

Shenyang J-50: China’s Sixth-Generation J-50 Stealth Fighter Emerges as Beijing’s Most Ambitious Attempt to Outpace U.S. NGAD and Europe’s FCAS, Signaling a Major Shift in Global Airpower Dynamics

China’s relentless push to dominate the future battlespace has once again drawn global attention with its sixth-generation stealth fighter, the Shenyang J-50, also known as the J-XDS. Over the past year, the tailless prototype has ignited debate among defense experts...
China aircraft carrier

Pentagon’s Leaked “Overmatch Brief” Concedes U.S. Would Likely Lose a Taiwan War as China’s PLA Achieves Decisive Military Overmatch

Classified war-gaming and simulations reveal systemic U.S. vulnerabilities in missiles, space, cyber warfare, and logistics, as China’s industrial depth and precision-strike dominance rapidly reshape the Indo-Pacific balance of power. A leaked top-secret Pentagon assessment has delivered one of the most...
Chinese President Xi Jinping - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung Visits China to Strengthen Economic Ties Amid Regional Tensions

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to depart for Beijing on Sunday (Jan. 4), marking his first visit to China in six years. The four-day trip aims to bolster economic cooperation with South Korea’s largest trading partner while...
China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter

China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter Claims Stir Debate After ‘Justice Mission 2025’ Drills Around Taiwan

China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has once again put the spotlight on its most advanced stealth fighter, the J-20 “Mighty Dragon,” during the recent “Justice Mission 2025” military drills around Taiwan, fuelling fresh debate over the island’s ability...
China UCAV/CCAs, CH-4 visible

China’s Modified Cargo Ship Signals New Phase in Military-Civil Fusion and Drone Warfare

China appears to be pushing its military-civil fusion strategy into a new and potentially disruptive phase, with evidence suggesting that a civilian cargo ship has been rapidly converted into a light military drone carrier. Recent imagery indicates that Beijing may...
Chin Mobile Electromagnetic catapult land-based drone launches

China’s Modular Naval Revolution: How Electromagnetic Catapults and Containerised Missiles Are Redefining Maritime Warfare in Indo-Pacific

China has signalled a profound transformation in naval warfare doctrine through the demonstrated integration of land-based electromagnetic catapult systems and containerised vertical launch systems (VLS) aboard maritime platforms, including civilian-appearing vessels. Rather than pursuing incremental upgrades to traditional surface combatants,...
China’s J-35 Stealth Fighter

China’s High-Altitude Airbase Expansion on Tibetan Plateau Signals a Strategic Shift Toward Air and Missile Dominance Along India–China Frontier

On the windswept Tibetan Plateau—where elevations exceed 14,000 feet and human physiology itself becomes a limiting factor—China is executing one of the most consequential military infrastructure transformations of the 21st century. Newly analysed satellite imagery and intelligence assessments confirm that...
China Quietly Fields DF-27 Anti-Ship ICBM

China Quietly Fields DF-27 Anti-Ship ICBM, Extending Strike Reach Across Indo-Pacific and Raising New Risks for US Forces

China may have quietly crossed a significant threshold in long-range strike warfare, with new US assessments indicating that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has likely operationally fielded the DF-27 missile—an unprecedented system that blends intercontinental reach with anti-ship strike capability....
Members of the Politburo Standing Committee from left, , Li Xi, Cai Qi, Zhao Leji, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Wang Huning and Ding Xuexiang attend the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held from July 15 to 18 in Beijing.

China’s 2026 Test Year: Preserving Stability While Projecting Power Ahead of a Defining Political Moment

As China steers into 2026, it does so in a year of careful calibration that analysts describe as a critical passage towards 2027, when the Communist Party’s 21st Party Congress will unveil the next slate of top leaders and could...
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te

Taiwan Pledges to Protect Sovereignty after China Launches Large-Scale Military Drills

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te delivered a defiant speech this week as tensions across the Taiwan Strait intensified following China’s largest and most provocative military exercises to date near the self-governed island. Lai’s remarks came just two days after the conclusion...
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