New Zealand's largest naval vessel was followed by seven Chinese warships in a deployment to East Asia last month, including a rare transit through the Taiwan Strait, according to the Pacific nation's ...

New Zealand’s attempts to “coerce” the Cook Islands over its relationship with China will not work, Prime Minister Mark Brown said in an interview aired on Cook Islands Television last week. He said ...

The U.S. Navy's submarine capabilities are still considered superior, but Beijing is working hard to catch up.

In February 2025, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy conducted live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea, followed by Chinese aircraft carrier deployments to the western Pacific in June. Japan’s New ...