HONG KONG — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s purges of senior military officials run far deeper than previously thought, researchers say, threatening the effectiveness of his People’s Liberation Army.

Jori Hall is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. Last year, the Department of War warned that China could be ready to invade Taiwan as early as 2027. Now, the People’s ...

Exercise will 'rapidly integrate' the advanced vessels into the joint combat system covering Taiwan and the seas near Japan. A pair of advanced destroyers kicked off an intensive and wide-ranging ...

After several years of planning and doctrinal experimentation, on the last day of 2015, the Chinese armed forces (the People’s Liberation Army, People’s Armed Police, and militia) began its most ...

The China & Taiwan Update is a joint product from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). The update supports the ISW–AEI Coalition Defense of Taiwan ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken his purge of the country’s military to the very top, targeting his highest-ranked general in a stunning move last month. But Xi’s shake-up cuts across a much wider ...