Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PLA marines based in Zhanjiang stand at attention during a visit by a U.S. admiral in 2006. China's elite special operation forces ...

On 05 May 1980, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Marine Corps was reborn in a ceremony on Hainan Island headed by PLAN Deputy Commander Vice Admiral Liu Daosheng. The resurrection of the PLAN ...

The Ministry of Defence says the move will help 'adapt to the needs of restructuring military services and the military talent training' China is reorganising its military education system and ...

The most dramatic military purge in the history of the People’s Republic of China is unfolding before the world’s eyes. Chinese President Xi Jinping has systematically removed virtually the entire ...

In December 2024, Xi Jinping made a highly publicized visit to the PLA’s newly formed Information Support Force (ISF), underscoring its strategic importance to the People’s Liberation Army. The ...

The PLA Ground Force has repurposed a commercial UAV to support emergency logistics operations including dropping ammunition to soldiers during combat. (Janes) The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has ...

In the course of this restructuring, the PLA Strategic Support Force (PLASSF), a fifth service established by Xi in 2015, has been scrapped. The PLASSF bundled together space, cyber, electronic, and ...

Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Harwar has released images of its Zhanfu (Tomahawk) H16-V12 multi-rotor, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platform being used in what appear to ...

THE ARMY UNIVERSITY, FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas – The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict continues to alter the geopolitical situation in Europe and the Indo-Pacific Command region. The latest Cultural ...