Deployed more than 8000 kilometres from China’s coast, this three-ship task group – including one of the world’s most advanced warships – was clearly meant to send a message. Under ...

Both Australia and New Zealand have another worry, that China may be strengthening its ability to deploy its forces in the region by cosying up to South Pacific microstates. In February the Cook ...

The first Chinese Type 054B frigate started training exercises less than two months after being put into service.

Australian Defence Force The shock that greeted the navigation of three Chinese warships through the Tasman Sea en route to what appears to be a circumnavigation of Australia, and their subsequent ...

SYDNEY – An unprecedented move by Chinese warships to “circumnavigate” Australian territory has touched a nerve, as the country grows increasingly concerned about China’s reach and ...