In 2021 the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) adopted “Multidomain Precision Warfare” as its core operational concept. While few sources address this topic in much detail, a related concept has remained…
Over the past year, Taiwan took several measures based on its “All-out Defense” strategy to improve its military readiness, including by integrating reserve forces and bolstering its ability to mobilize…
Chinese experts have taken to a number of domestic platforms to offer a more nuanced view of Russia’s war in Ukraine. While mainstream Chinese media has closely adhered to talking…
China’s state-run television CCTV7 recently showed the Guangxi, China’s second Type 075 (Yushen) Amphibious Assault Ship, or a landing helicopter dock (LHD) in U.S. parlance, participating in workup exercises. The…
2021 marked the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The SCO, a multilateral association of China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan with…
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Beijing in early February, and Russia and China took the opportunity to cement their increasingly close relationship further. The accompanying excerpts from Putin’s public letter…
A brigade in northeastern China appears to be experimenting with new combat formations. In the accompanying excerpt from the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) newspaper PLA Daily, the unnamed brigade, which…
Speaking in October at the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) annual all-service equipment conference, which sets priorities for military modernization, President Xi Jinping delivered a speech describing China’s major efforts to…
The accompanying excerpted articles from China Military Online describe improvements resulting from the deployment of integrated command platforms within China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). These improvements highlight the PLA’s continuing…
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) units appear to be struggling to embrace the technological and organizational changes brought by China’s modernization efforts. Many of the remaining issues come down to the…