On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale coordinated military strike against Iran, killing Supreme Leader Khamenei and much of Iran's senior leader......
For the first time in a decade, the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party are set to meet face to face. The world has changed dramatically since their last summ......
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has formally assessed that China has no current plan to invade Taiwan in 2027 and no fixed reunification timetable, effe......
Now entering its third week, the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran shows no signs of resolution. Debates continue to swirl in Washington over whether to force open the St......
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a Washington-based think tank, last month recommended that Taiwan establish a four-layer "maritime hellscape" defense zone extending ......
Taiwan's Executive Yuan has proposed a special defense budget bill worth approximately USD 38.5 billion (NT$1.25 trillion) to bolster national defense capabilities. Opposition part......
For the past five years, the notion that the People's Liberation Army would invade Taiwan in 2027 had taken on the character of received wisdom in Washington's think tanks and poli......
Yusuke Anami (阿南友亮) is a professor at Tohoku University's Graduate School of Law, born in 1972, and holds a doctorate from Keio University's Graduate School of Law. His research fo......
The sweeping purge of China's top military brass has stripped the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of its last institutional brakes, creating a highly volatile environment where a "l......
For twelve consecutive days beginning February 27, People's Liberation Army aircraft recorded no sorties over the Taiwan Strait's western approaches — an absence that prompted a wa......
As the United States and Israel conduct joint military operations against Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war stretches into its fourth year, the stability of the Taiwan Strait remains......
Taiwan's military has reported a rare and "unusual" lull in Chinese aerial activity, with Beijing's warplanes largely absent from the skies around the island for nine of the past 1......
China's highly choreographed "Two Sessions" parliamentary meetings are set to convene March 4-5, where the Communist Party will unveil its economic and strategic blueprint for 2026......
As Taiwan's first domestically built submarine, Hai Kun (海鯤號), moves through sea acceptance trials, attention is fixed not only on the vessel itself but on the small, insular force......
Beijing's top political advisor has signaled a potentially significant softening in China's Taiwan policy, dropping standard rhetoric about "inevitable reunification" in favor of l......
their military influencetheir military influenceOn the afternoon of January 24, China's Defense Ministry suddenly announced that Central Military Commission members Zhang Youxia (張......
A shake-up in the top ranks of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is making Beijing's Taiwan policy harder to read, a Taiwanese defense scholar has warned. Speaking at a Januar......
Following the official announcement of PLA General Zhang Youxia's (張又俠) downfall last Saturday, speculation has mounted steadily. After Wednesday's Taiwan Affairs Office press conf......
Chinese Military Purge Signals Shift in Taiwan Invasion Risk AssessmentBeijing's recent announcement of investigations into Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Liu Zhenli (劉振立) has sparked inte......
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 29, discussing whether the recent U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan ......
A political earthquake has struck the Chinese Communist Party's military leadership. Xi Jinping has moved against Zhang Youxia (張又俠), a fellow “red second generation” princeling an......
Social Media Links & Editor Tag- ChaseChina's Ministry of Defense recently announced that Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia and Chief of Joint Staff Liu Zhenli......
Chinese President Xi Jinping has recently launched investigations for serious disciplinary violations against Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Chief......
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been rocked by a major leadership purge, with Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia (張又俠) and Joint Staff Department C......
A Chinese military drone entered the airspace over the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island - also known as the Dongsha Island - for the first time on January 17, prompting a war of wo......
China conducted live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait throughout the day of December 30. In response, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te stated on social media that he h......
Taiwan's first domestically-built submarine, the Hai Kun, recently completed its surface navigation tests, with the manufacturing company stating that the vessel will soon proceed ......
The Chinese army's Eastern Theater Commandannounced on December 29 that it would conduct live ammunition joint strike drills around Taiwan from morning to night the following day, ......
The Japanese news outletYomiuri Shimbun has revealed alleged recordings of a former conversation between a top official at a Chinese military research institute and the manager of ......
