Chinese state media recently confirmed that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLA-N) newest aircraft carrier began undergoing sea trials earlier this week. The future Fujian will be China’s third aircraft carrier after Liaoning and Shandong. However, it is the only one of the three to be...
To compete strategically with the United States and undermine President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific policy, China has quietly been advancing its stealthy divide-and-conquer foreign policy agenda on four different but connected frontiers. The core of Beijing’s comprehensive plan can be described as a “blue dragon” strategy, anchored primarily between two “unsinkable aircraft carriers”, Sri Lanka and […]
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April 7 to 9 saw a further deployment of Chinese warships and warplanes around Taiwan. This move was in response to the official visit to the United States by Taiwanese P ..
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China’s air and maritime response to the recent visit of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan has received massive media coverage. Much of it has ..
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Fixed-wing seaborne air power is a vital component of modern naval operations, as manned carrier-borne combat planes grow ever more sophisticated and potent. They are, th ..
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On June 17, China’s latest aircraft carrier, Fujian, was launched at the country’s Jiangnan Shipyard. The new warship will displace about 80,000 tonnes at full lo ..
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