Disaster relief is an increasingly important mission for China's armed forces, both domestically and abroad.

Should modern-day China really bemoan the defeat of a corrupt dynasty 120 years ago?

After Zhou Yongkang, the anti-corruption campaign aims at the PLA and Shanghai -- two power bases for Jiang Zemin.

The PLA is holding live-fire exercises off China's southeastern and southern coasts.

Xu Caihou is the highest-ranking military official to be taken down for corruption since the Deng Xiaoping era.

China has good reasons to remain secretive about its military.

Northeast Asia has become a potential powder keg. What should China do to prepare itself for possible conflict?

After a two year investigation, Lt. Gen. Gu Junshan has been formally charged with corruption.

The real core of China's military modernization has more to do with organization and structure than with technology.

“The PRC draws its most important resources from across an ocean that it cannot control…”

China has certainly not emulated Soviet military spending levels. Will this trend continue?

Many have complained China’s military lacks a certain degree of transparency in its operations. That could be changing.

While China’s stealth aircraft prototypes may get all the buzz, the Y-20 offers new military operational possibilities.

Collins and Erickson respond to “Death by China” author Greg Autry.

“…the Obama administration should make no reply to China’s military buildup.”

“…our position isn’t that China’s military is on the verge of global supremacy.”