Skip Navigation

Latest

On September 3, 2025, trumpets sounded as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s limousine cruised through Beijing alongside thousands of soldiers for the 80th anniversary of World War II. This grandiose display of synchronized troops, hulking vehicles, an...

Paper Tigers

On September 3, 2025, trumpets sounded as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s limousine cruised through Beijing alongside thousands of soldiers for the 80th anniversary of World War II. This grandiose display of synchronized troops, hulking vehicles, an...

On September 13, 2024, two German Navy vessels sailed through the Taiwan Strait, marking the first time German warships had crossed the geopolitically fragile waterway in two decades. This transit drew strong condemnation from the Chinese government,...

Sailing the Narrows

On September 13, 2024, two German Navy vessels sailed through the Taiwan Strait, marking the first time German warships had crossed the geopolitically fragile waterway in two decades. This transit drew strong condemnation from the Chinese government,...

Between 2019 and 2020, the Chinese research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 06 (向阳红 06) conducted oceanographic research missions over 10,000 kilometers of the Indian Ocean, purportedly engaging in collaboration with scientists from Sri Lanka and Myanma...

Gray-Zone Blue-Zone

Between 2019 and 2020, the Chinese research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 06 (向阳红 06) conducted oceanographic research missions over 10,000 kilometers of the Indian Ocean, purportedly engaging in collaboration with scientists from Sri Lanka and Myanma...

On June 9, 2019, a Chinese vessel rammed into a Philippine fishing boat in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea before fleeing the scene. The Chinese government identified the vessel, Yuemaobinyu 42212, as a fishing...

Fish Wars

On June 9, 2019, a Chinese vessel rammed into a Philippine fishing boat in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea before fleeing the scene. The Chinese government identified the vessel, Yuemaobinyu 42212, as a fishing...