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China is offering benefits to lure young people to join the military.

Intelligence agencies in Washington and Beijing are intentionally more visible than ever, both for domestic and foreign audiences.

In a Pacific conflict, sustained air operations will turn on the ability to keep airfields open.

The PLA’s reserve auxiliary force dwarfs the regular military, but is understudied and too often overlooked.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyXi Jinping is on a tear.Beijing confirmed this week he has replaced the general at the head of China’s rocket force unit, General Li Yuchao, and his deputy, shaking up the very military unit that would likely be central to any effort to take over Taiwan.The unit, China’s People’s Liberation (PLA) Army Rocket Force, steers China’s land-based nuclear and conventional ballistic missiles, hosting nine bases respon...

Xi Jinping is cleaning house—disappearing top Chinese officials and replacing them with loyal allies.

The Chinese leader’s replacement of two commanders has fanned speculation about corruption or failings in the force that manages China’s nuclear missiles.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — In the years since China’s leader, Xi Jinping, transformed the People’s Liberation Army, one of his crowning creations has been the Rocket Force, the custodian of China’s expanding nuclear arsenal. The force, with its array of missiles and launch silos, embodied Xi’s ambitions to elevate his country as a respected, and feared, great power ready to counter American supremacy in the region. But this week, Xi abruptly replaced the Rocket Force&#x2...

As one avenue for China to illicitly acquire high-end dual use technology dries up, watch for others to expand.

U.S. former officials and experts are urging greater efforts to thwart Chinese espionage, which many believe has enabled Beijing to develop a range of advanced weaponry on the back of stolen American technology. James Anderson, a former acting undersecretary of defense for policy, said China stole U.S. military technology for developing its J-20 fighter jet…