China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), the top decision-making body on defense and security, has promulgated newly revised laws for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Together known as ...

Of a total of 231 ports in 32 African countries, China is invested in 78 facilities, with the heaviest concentrations in West Africa, underscoring the region’s strategic importance to China’s ...

This complex thus looks to be a kind of "doomsday bunker" for China. A lack of jointness has always been a major weakness of the PLA, but such a command center would oversee every aspect of the ...

24, 2025. Credit: Screenshot/ CCTV Ever since China began a major round of military reforms in 2016, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has never stopped pursuing organizational restructuring.

The revisions have placed an emphasis on the PLA’s combat readiness and wartime conduct, the latter of which appears 49 times. Analysts say the revised regulations show the priority of the PLA ...

China is "deeply surprised and strongly dissatisfied" with Australia's groundless accusations and deliberate hype over the People's Liberation Army's exercises in international waters, a Defense ...

China is "deeply surprised and strongly dissatisfied" with Australia's groundless accusations and deliberate hype over the People's Liberation Army's exercises in international waters, a Defense ...

A new RAND report raises doubts about the combat readiness of China’s PLA, citing internal corruption, political priorities, and lack of combat experience. Despite advanced military tech ...

who heads the PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command, came at a symposium in Beijing on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Anti-Secession Law. Beijing sees Taiwan as part of China to be reunited ...

The PLA Rocket Force, which oversees the country’s conventional and nuclear missiles, has been tasked with modernizing China’s nuclear forces to deter developments such as improved U.S ...