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 ...

WASHINGTON -- On his first trip to the Indo-Pacific as U.S ... bolstering the "second island chain." ...

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 ...

China’s largest coffee chain Luckin Coffee has signed an agreement with Indonesia’s Banggai Islands Regency ... It has also been expanding overseas, setting up its first Southeast Asian store in ...

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 ...

If that is the case, the southern far seas deployment – and similar concurrent activities in the South China Sea and Yellow ... strike within the first island chain. With the possibility of ...

CHINA has launched a fresh round of army ... 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 ...

China’s carriers are, at least for now, primarily designed to project power into the “First Island Chain” surrounding the mainland—running from Kamchatka in Russia through Japan ...