The top U.S. admiral has called China’s shipbuilding capability “impressive” as Beijing moves ahead with a rapid buildup of the world’s largest navy.

As well as relying more on the Chinese state for credit, rich countries are emulating its style of lending, writes Bradley Parks

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, told MPs that China’s Ministry of State Security was approaching individuals in parliament and attempting to “collect information and lay the groundwork for long-term relationships”, leading MI5 to issue the alert.

China has built 350 new missile silos and expanded nuclear warheads by 20% in one year, reaching "war footing," according to new congressional report on military buildup.

Chinese lenders backed 2,500 projects, covering almost every U.S. state, from gas pipelines to airport terminals, even as Washington warned developing nations about Chinese debt traps.

China has reacted strongly to Japan’s Prime Minister suggesting an attack on Taiwan could prompt Japan to militarily intervene.

China may conquer Taiwan through energy blockade and gray-zone tactics rather than military invasion, new defense study reveals. Beijing's strategy targets fuel imports.

Takaichi, a hardline conservative who was approved by parliament as Japan's first female prime minister last week, is a regular visitor to Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, which honours Japan's war dead, including soldiers and officials convicted of war crimes by an international tribunal.

Beijing has used loans to developing nations to expand its influence, but a new study says no country has received more Chinese financing than the United States.

The quiet expansion of Beijing’s remote nuclear weapons complex, Lop Nur, points to years of preparation for a potential return to a Cold War-era arms race.

China’s broad fiscal spending slumped in October by the most since at least 2021, crippling a key driver of investment and economic growth.The combined expenditure in China’s two main budgets — the general public account and the government-managed fund book — tumbled 19% in October from a year earlier to 2.