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The Western Pacific Naval Symposium will be held in Qingdao in April, the first time China has hosted for a decade.

US overseas arms sales surged 16 percent to a record $238 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, with rising demands due to major global military conflicts, according to a US State Department fact sheet released on Monday local time.

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday kicked off "Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024," its largest military drills since the Cold War. Approximately 90,000 troops from NATO's 31 members and Sweden are participating, with the associated exercises running until May 31. Russian media said NATO has openly admitted for the first time

The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) tracked and monitored a US destroyer as it made a transit through the Taiwan Straits on Wednesday, with experts saying on Thursday that the provocative US move, the first of its kind since separatist Lai Ching-te won the Taiwan regional election, sent a wrong signal and further raised tensions.

A US think tank released a report on Tuesday claiming that the

NATO is mobilizing some 90,000 troops to hold its largest exercise since the Cold War this week, which is scheduled to run through May, prompting Russia to say that the scale of the exercises marks an

Amid escalating tensions in the South China Sea, the Philippines persists in its provocative actions and maneuvers despite repeated warnings from China.

It has been apparently more than one month since the Philippines last sent ships to trespass into waters off Chinas Renai Jiao (also known as Renai Reef), marking the longest pause in Manilas provocations since August.

It has been apparently more than one month since the Philippines last sent ships to trespass into waters off China’s Ren’ai Jiao (also known as Ren’ai Reef), marking the longest pause in Manila’s provocations since August.

China and the US resumed the previously suspended defense policy coordination talks with a meeting this week, in which the Chinese side stressed its positions on the Taiwan question and the South China Sea issue, as well as maritime and air security issues.