China’s J-20 program is shifting from prototype prestige to raw mass. -The new two-seat J-20S hints at a doctrine built around teaming stealth fighters with loyal wingman drones, with the back-seater acting as mission commander for networked formations.

The largest U.S. soybean sales to China in more than two years this week could be just the beginning of an accelerated buying program by Beijing after the world's top importer shunned U.S. supplies for months due to a trade war with Washington.

Conservation specialists repair monument on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands, with more preservation work planned.

China is entrenching itself in the Brazilian industrial base and consumer economy, with implications for Chinese influence across the continent.

Chinese diplomats airing hawkish views, or "wolf warriors" as they are known, have returned to the global stage, drumming up criticism of Japan's prime minister in countries that suffered from its military actions during World War Two.

An Australian facility with Japanese backing is the most promising option for a rare earths refining hub outside China. But Beijing’s influence still looms large.

The US Navy launches a deep-sea mission to recover a Super Hornet and MH-60 from the South China Sea, fearing China could exploit the wreckage as analysts warn of key tech risks.

The U.S. and the Philippines announce a joint task force to deter what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calls Beijing's "coercion" in the South China Sea.