China has regarded a cross-strait conflict as its main planning scenario since the early 1990s. The immediate goal is leveraging military power to deter Taiwan independence, but the PLA also needs to ...

China has remained vital to Iran’s energy market, as U.S. sanctions have pushed Iran to rely on its support. China receives ...

The plane was forced to abandon its mission and return to a military base in the East African nation of Djibouti as a precaution, according to the foreign ministry. Berlin has reacted furiously to the ...