China is expanding its military reach and presence within the three Pacific island chains with the world's largest navy.

In Brandon Weichert’s recent article in this publication, he argues that the United States has potentially “already lost the First Island Chain” due to China’s growing anti-access/area ...

1 PLAN or CCG officers are undoubtedly sincere in their desire to keep the Americans out of the first island chain. But that is not the primary reason China has advanced its maritime claims. If it was ...

Remember, China’s primary goal for now is to dominate its near-abroad, notably the First Island Chain immediately off its coast—Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and parts of Indonesia.

These missiles cover the first island chain and have a range of 1,000 to 3,000 kms. On Monday, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals reported that China might deploy three types of ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and ... part of the first island chain, a U.S. defense ...

Huang said this move raises the question of whether China has solidified its presence in the southern first island chain, enabling it to expand its reach toward the second and third island chains.

And if China does decide to attack ... Taiwan sits in the so-called "first island chain", which includes a list of US-friendly territories that are crucial to Washington's foreign policy in ...