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Minnie Chan
Correspondent, China
Minnie Chan is an award-winning journalist, specialising in reporting on defence and diplomacy in China. Her coverage of the US EP-3 spy plane crash with a PLA J-8 in 2001 near the South China Sea opened her door to the military world. Since then, she has had several scoops relating to China's military development. She has been at the Post since 2005 and has a master's in international public affairs from The University of Hong Kong.
Middle East discussion panel at Beijing event says new security architecture needs to be built on multipolar geopolitical framework.
US defence secretary could have met top PLA brass – and maybe even President Xi Jinping – while resuming long-stalled senior military dialogues at security conference in Beijing, says Lieutenant General He Lei.
Despite its transformation, experts warn the PLA has to keep on top of the changing face of modern warfare.
Arrival of delegations from sworn enemies Armenia and Azerbaijan at Beijing Xiangshan Forum shows the Global South is looking at China for regional security solutions, defence expert says.
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Beijing offered no explanations after the defence minister was sacked, but experts point to telltale signs leading up to his demise.
American unmanned surface vessels Mariner and Ranger sail from California to take part in naval exercises with manned warships in a move defence analysts say shows Washington plans to use them to deter Taiwan conflict.
The singer’s ashes are buried in private ceremony at famous mausoleum in her mother’s hometown, but fans are invited to attend exhibition on her life and career.
Over next decade China ‘will continue to rapidly modernise, diversify and expand its nuclear forces’, US Department of Defence report released on Thursday says.
Over time, though, export restrictions on chips and tools that support advanced weapon systems could affect China’s military modernisation.
Veteran of Chinese-Vietnamese war General Liu Zhenli will be face of the PLA in meetings with US representatives following unexplained disappearance of minister Li Shangfu, say sources.
Article in official PLA Daily newspaper highlights role of one of the country’s older frigates in collecting sonar data from foreign vessels.
Vice-premier He Lifeng and Finance Minister Christian Lindner met in Berlin on Sunday for the first talks of their kind in nearly four years.
Ministry spokesman confirms regional security talks will be held in Beijing from October 29 to 31.
Mark Milley’s impartial view may be good sign of desire in Washington to ease tensions with Beijing, observer says.
Analysts said the plan to open a third Indo-Pacific command post risked fuelling the space race with China.
Taipei tracks at least 143 warplanes and 56 warships entering air defence zone in recent days, and military expert says intensifying pressure from mainland could be form of ‘cognitive warfare’ to make Taiwanese people drop their guard.
PLA Daily tells senior officers to investigate day-to-day challenges in what analysts say is part of larger anti-corruption drive and an attempt to improve morale amid tough security challenges.
Type 076 expected to function as a helicopter and drone carrier with an eye to conflict in the South China Sea, says analyst after online image shows workers celebrating finished floor of a new dry dock in Changxing Island shipyard.
Beijing says Washington is trying ‘to damage China’s reputation’ by accusing it of fuelling the illicit trade in the endangered species.
Covers have been taken off all three electromagnetic catapults on the deck of the Fujian, social media photos show, indicating readiness for sea trials and systems testing, and PLA handover as scheduled.
Images showing the latest amphibious helicopter platform nearing completion reveal it may include integrated electric propulsion.
Wang blames an unnamed ‘backstage manipulator’ for preventing consensus in the South China Sea, where Beijing’s claims have angered neighbouring countries.
Defence ministry cites US arms sales to Taiwan, close-in reconnaissance mission and sanctions against minister as hurdles to high-level dialogue.
Call from Zhang Youxia, first vice-chairman of China’s Central Military Commission headed by President Xi Jinping, comes a month after PLA Rocket Force shake-up.
New warship likely to be powered by integrated electric propulsion system developed under top PLA naval engineer, observer in Taiwan says.
Exercise meant to show Beijing and Moscow’s close strategic relationship, analyst says.
Japan and US claim PLA could quadruple nukes by 2035, but defence experts say China prioritises precision-strike capabilities and preventing interception over developing large numbers of warheads.
The DPP candidate will transit through New York and San Francisco when he travels to attend inauguration in South American ally country, but denies he will make controversial stops in Washington and Virginia headquarters of de facto US embassy.
Defence analysts said the restrictions may be a way of ‘protecting the national interest’ amid accusations China is supplying the Russian military.
An unusually sweeping shake-up will see the force responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenal get a new commander and political commissar at the same time.
