Almost everywhere one looks, China is ramping up pressure against neighbours and would-be adversaries. This is happening diplomatically, economically and militarily, even as Chairman Xi Jinping rapidly builds up the combat capabilities of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and prepares Ch
Tensions flared in the Yellow Sea after China erected a large steel structure in the jointly controlled Provisional Maritime Zone (PMZ), prompting a two-hour standoff with South Korea's coast guard and diplomatic protests over unauthorised construction.