USNI: Report on U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas
The following is the June 5 2023, Congressional Research Service report, U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas: Background and Issues for Congress.... MORE
USNI: Chinese Warships Circle Japan, Aircraft Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Prepare for Spring Patrol
Chinese warships have been circling the Japanese home islands for the last week, according to the Joint Staff Office (JSO) of Japan’s Ministry of Defense.
USNI: New EDCA Sites Are Not a Response To China, Philippines President Says During Washington Visit
Allowing the United States to access four more basing sites is not a direct military challenge to China, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos said Thursday.
USNI: Japan Scrambled Fighters Almost 800 Times Against China, Russia
Japanese fighter jets scrambled a total of 778 times in the past fiscal year, a decrease of 226 from the previous fiscal year, Japan’s Ministry... MORE
USNI: China Protests U.S. South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operation
A U.S. warship conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea, near the Parcel Islands, the day after China claimed it chased... MORE
USNI: A Strategy of Denial for the Western Pacific
China aspires to dominate the Indo-Pacific region—the impact of which would dramatically undermine Americans’ security, freedom, and prosperity.
USNI: High Cost of Taiwan Invasion Will Dissuade China, Pentagon Official Says
China will not attempt to invade Taiwan before the end of the decade because it understands the high cost, the senior Pentagon official in charge... MORE
USNI: U.S., Allies Need to Operate in the High North More to Deter China, Russia, Experts Say
Physical presence by allied navies and coast guards is increasingly important as Russia builds up its military presence and China’s expands its intentions beyond commerce... MORE
USNI: Lessons from the Changing Geometry of PLA Navy Carrier Ops
Improving aircraft carrier capabilities are shifting where China’s Navy can operate in the western Pacific.
USNI: Japanese MoD Report on Chinese Gray Zone, Influence Operations
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is the Party’s army.