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OPINION | Beijing’s plan for Taiwan challenges its offshore wind push
Military considerations are slowing China’s offshore wind energy deployment. The coastal province of Fujian, just opposite Taiwan, is critical to the...
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Another stand-off in Asian waters
In recent months, long-standing tensions between the maritime forces of the Philippines and China in the South China Sea have crystallised over the...
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OPINION | US and Chinese military hospital ships: a growing competition across Pacific islands?
China recently announced a mission to send its military hospital ship, Peace Ark, to the Pacific Islands. This is not surprising, given regional head-to-head...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Chang – Helicopter-capable landing ship for Royal Thai Navy
The Royal Thai Navy recently commissioned a new landing platform dock (LPD) into service. The third Royal Thai Navy ship to be named after Chang Island...
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COLUMN | Taiwan’s navy being upgraded to respond to possible attack by China [Naval Gazing]
“Reunification” with what Beijing terms “the breakaway province” of Taiwan has long been a major plank of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) foreign...
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OPINION | US-China: A Cold War lesson to apply “rules of the road” at sea
The most recent Taiwan Strait incident between the US Navy and the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA-N) has not only highlighted how determined...
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OPINION | The choppy seas and non-dialogue of US-China relations
In the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, June 3, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA-N) ship and a US Navy ship came within 150 yards (137 metres)...
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Beijing carries out calibrated air and sea operations off Taiwan
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...
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COLUMN | Beijing seeking new naval alliances [Naval Gazing]
The past 20 years have seen the headlong advance of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). A rapid drumbeat of warship construction has given...
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