PLA

2 briefs

conflict 2026-04-23

Taiwan Sends a Minister to Its Loneliest Island

A ministerial visit to Taiping Island after seven years signals that Taiwan is quietly expanding its South China Sea posture while the world watches the Taiwan Strait.

conflict 2026-04-21

China Sent a Carrier Through the Taiwan Strait on the Same Day Japan Did

The PLA's Liaoning and Japan's Ikazuchi transited the strait within 24 hours of each other. This is not a coincidence. It is a demonstration of who controls the calendar of escalation.