The Bashi Channel is seldom discussed, but bears great strategic relevance for the People's Liberation Army.

The United States and Japan agreed in 2012 to relocate about 9,000 Marines from Okinawa to other locations in the Pacific.

U.S. ally Japan has deployed surface-to-ship missile launchers on Okinawa Island to counter China's aggressive moves along the first island chain, Japanese media said. The Ministry of Defense and ...

China has made no secret of its desire to annex Taiwan, which it may do by cutting off supplies and imposing a blockade on ...