BEIJING, Dec 22 — China said Sunday it “firmly opposed” US President Joe Biden’s approval of US$571.3 million (RM2.6 billion) in defence assistance for Taiwan. The White House said Friday that Biden ...

US President Joe Biden has approved military aid of up to $571.3 million in defense assistance for Taiwan. China has warned the United States that it is "playing with ...

Zhang Xiaogang, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense. [Photo/mod.gov.cn] China expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the United States' report on China's military and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Corruption in China's armed forces may have disrupted progress toward the country's 2027 army modernization goals, the Pentagon said in its annual report on Beijing's military that ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Two men in Vietnamese military uniform talk to each other next to a stall by Vietnamese state-owned firm ...

Two men in Vietnamese military uniform talk to each other next to a ... Regional tensions, particularly in the South China Sea, are a driving force behind Vietnam's evolving defense priorities.

According to the report, which provides the annual US assessment of China's military power and is required by Congress, China had more than 600 operational nuclear warheads as of May, and the US ...

The report said that China has continued its "rapid nuclear expansion" and the Pentagon estimates that Beijing has over 600 operational nuclear warheads in its stockpile, as of 2024. The Pentagon ...

Washington | China has increased its arsenal of operational nuclear warheads to 600 from 500 in just a year, as the People’s Liberation Army continues a rapid expansion of its forces ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — China is expanding its nuclear force, has increased military pressure against Taiwan and has strengthened its ties with Russia over the past year, according to a Pentagon ...

WASHINGTON—China’s crackdown on corruption within its defense industry could set back its weapons procurement programs, delaying its military modernization, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

China’s leader Xi Jinping has laid out an ambitious plan to “modernize” the PLA by 2035 and transform it into a “world class” military by mid-century. American officials believe Xi has ...