The merger helps China consolidate its shipbuilding and centralize government control, putting it in a position to continue ...

Key Points and Summary – As China prepares for a massive military parade to showcase its rapidly modernizing forces, a deep crisis of leadership is unfolding within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

STOCKHOLM — Military expansion on the Tibetan Plateau is accelerating environmental risks with consequences extending beyond ...

The U.S. has denied China's claim its forces drove the USS Higgins from the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea ...

The two top officers in command of China's nuclear forces have both been replaced without explanation. The respective political commissar and operational commander of the People's Liberation Army ...

China’s marine corps is subordinate to the People’s Liberation Army Navy, the report says. As such, it is organized, manned, trained, and equipped by the Chinese navy.

The People’s Liberation Army is showcasing an emerging truck-mounted, counter-drone laser weapon designed to track and incinerate multiple moving air targets simultaneously. The OW5 laser weapon, as ...

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will soon launch its third aircraft carrier, a development marking a significant expansion in China’s ability to project global power.

The launch of wide-ranging Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) restructuring at the end of November may lead some would-be readers and China specialists away from The People’s Liberation Army as ...

Subscribe for ads-free reading In July 2015, the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute published a collection of papers under the title, The Chinese People’s Liberation Army in 2025.

The Diplomat speaks with M. Taylor Fravel about how China’s People’s Liberation Army thinks about war. By Ankit Panda January 30, 2019 Credit: AP Photo/Kin Cheung ...