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China’s decision to build a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) naval base in Djibouti was approved by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013. This constituted a sea change in its foreign policy and security strategy. The base opened in 2017, enhancing China’s global influence and better protecting its security interests far away from its shores ...
Vietnam eyes China’s expanding presence in Cambodia. In June 2022, several media reports announced that China was opening a military base at Cambodia’s Ream naval base located on the southern tip of Cambodia close to the contested waters of the South China Sea. Cambodia has already used Chinese funding to modernise and expand the Ream naval ...
Authors. Chinese aggression in the South China Sea reached a new high in 2023, with the Philippines becoming the main focal point of maritime tensions. This led to heightened patrols and more assertive behaviour from the Philippine Coast Guard and Navy. The Philippines also stepped up defence cooperation with the United States and its allies ...
A. On 23–24 May 2024, the Chinese military conducted a large-scale military exercise codenamed Joint Sword-2024A. Following the exercise, the Chinese military’s Eastern Theatre Command released a simulated video of an amphibious attack on Taiwan. Joint Sword-2024A and the simulated attack video has reignited discussions about rising cross ...
The South China Sea will remain unpredictable in 2024. But momentum has shifted in favour of the Southeast Asian claimants. China cannot control the South China Sea without moving from grey zone coercion to outright military force — and the latter would cost far more than it would gain.
This approach demonstrates China's desire to pursue the party-state's longstanding objectives in the new domain of space. The creation of specialised space forces by major powers heralds the transition to a world that integrates astropolitics. In December 2019, the United States established the Space Force as an independent, sixth division of ...
The integration of China and Russia’s missile attack early warning systems is predicted to make China–Russia military integration and interdependence match the level of the advanced alliance relationships the United States has developed with countries such as France and the United Kingdom. On 3 October 2019, during the 16th annual meeting ...
China's increasing engagement with Pacific police forces has stoked concerns in Australia due to the strategic implications and differences in policing style between China and Western nations. Yet while such cooperation may benefit Pacific police, a sensible approach would be to limit such assistance to funding or new equipment, as well as ...
Since the military coup, China has invested US$113 million in Myanmar. The China–Myanmar Economic Corridor provides an important economic link between the two countries. The plan for a high-speed railway between Yunnan and Rakhine — which was shelved in 2014 — is now back on the table, as is a windmill project in Rakhine, a hydroelectric ...
China’s defence ties with Cambodia raise red flags for Vietnam. It has been over 40 years since Vietnamese military forces rolled into Cambodia and toppled the brutal Pol Pot regime. One of the drivers that led Vietnam to conduct a military campaign against Cambodia was its sense of strategic vulnerability, sandwiched between China to the ...