The Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Shandong (17) made its first deployment to the Western Pacific for 2025 and was a major unit in Tuesday’s military drill targeted at intimidating Taiwan Tuesday, according to Beijing officials.

The Chinese military has announced large-scale drills around Taiwan as it again warned the self-ruled island against seeking formal independence.

The drills follow China’s criticism of Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te as a “parasite” and US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Asia visit, where he repeatedly criticised Beijing.

Aerial footage appears to show a floating barrier installed by China to prevent Philippine fishing boats from entering the disputed Scarborough Shoal.

China staged surprise military exercises in the sea and skies around Taiwan on Tuesday in what the People's Liberation Army said was a "stern warning" to the island's "separatist" government and those

China's coast guard said it had conducted "law enforcement patrols" around Taiwan on Tuesday, the same day Beijing announced military drills around the island.

FUZHOU -- The coast guard of East China's Fujian province organized its vessel formations to conduct comprehensive law-enforcement patrols in waters surrounding the islands of Dongyin and Wuqiu on Tuesday, said the China Coast Guard (CCG).

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pledged to bolster Manila’s capacity to push back against Beijing’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.

Even as China offers itself to nations like Japan as a more reliable partner, its ships are pushing into their neighborhoods — sometimes on the very same day.