The PLA Navy is still lagging behind the US in undersea warfare, according to a report highlighting some of its ongoing vulnerabilities China's rapidly expanding aircraft carrier fleet may be ...

Beneath the surface of the world’s oceans, a high-stakes competition is quietly unfolding. China’s submarine surge is reshaping the balance of undersea power in ways that carry profound consequences ...

In March 2025, China’s military researchers published a concept describing how to rapidly capture and subdue the city of Taipei. Distributed in restricted military channels, this approach argues ...

The Chinese navy has unveiled its latest addition to the fleet, a new class of nuclear-powered submarine, marking a significant advancement in China's maritime capabilities. This development comes on ...

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This ...

An annual exercise by the Chinese and Russian navies that began Monday represents a challenge this year to the international order upheld by the U.S. as its diplomatic and military prowess is in ...

A recent naval exercise conducted by China and Indonesia in the waters east of Taiwan, in a region of increasing strategic importance to China, exposed the rising tensions between China and Taiwan, as ...

A U.S. think tank devised a strategy to target Chinese aircraft carriers by using similar tactics that China has planned ...

Explain why the China-U.S. naval race may increasingly depend on who controls the underwater operating landscape.

An enormous vessel taking shape near Guangzhou, China, appears designed to refuel, rearm and resupply Chinese carrier groups far from home. At roughly 885 feet long, it could become the world’s ...

This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here. The US-China relationship stands at a ...