May Lee
NewsAustralia protests unsafe Chinese naval helicopter intercept over Yellow Sea
Australia has lodged a formal protest after a People’s Liberation Army Navy helicopter conducted an unsafe intercept of a Royal Australian Navy MH-60R operating in international waters during a UN sanctions enforcement mission on 4 March.
NewsFormer USAF fighter pilot arrested for training Chinese aviators
The US Justice Department has arrested a retired US Air Force major on allegations he spent nearly three years training People’s Liberation Army Air Force pilots in China, marking the latest case of Beijing exploiting Western military expertise.
AnalysisInside the PLA’s push for collaborative combat aircraft
From parade floats to carrier decks, China’s collaborative combat aircraft programme is advancing on multiple fronts. But beneath the variety of airframes lies a simpler truth: the real competition is in the software.