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Recently unveiled plans by several Chinese companies to launch more than 200,000 collectively represent “nothing untoward,” says an editorial in China Daily.

Chinese airlines are set to add about 600 additional flights between China and Singapore over the Lunar New Year period, double the increase seen in 2025.

The day that China will outspend the rest of Asia on defense has slipped into the 2030s. Here’s why.

Following a banner year of satellite launches and two reusable launch attempts, China appears poised to demonstrate more cutting-edge tech on orbit in 2026.

Chinese academics are calling the government to take a more proactive role in SAF adoption, including embedding mandates in China’s next Five-Year Plan.

The need to refresh and bolster air forces in Southeast Asia outpaces the urgency for action.

Comac handed over 15 C919s to Chinese state-owned airlines during 2025.

China’s CAS Space says it has completed the first suborbital test flight of its Li Hong-1 reentry capsule, containing microgravity experiments.

China conducted the first flight of a domestically developed 3D-printed turbojet engine in November 2025.

Norinco subsidiary Aisheng Technology Group has carried out the first flight of the Tian Ma TM-1000 large cargo UAS on Jan. 11.

The holy grail of the first all-solid-state battery in a production vehicle for delivery to customers is being claimed by small Finnish company Donut Lab.

The deterioration in China-Japan relations is increasingly evident not only in diplomatic rhetoric and trade measures, but in a rapidly shrinking air corridor that had only recently recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

Aisheng Technology Group, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned arms producer Norinco, has conducted the first flight of the Lingque “Magpie” LQ-150 VTOL UAS.

Readers write about U.S.-China space cooperation, U.S. Air Force airlifters, opinions and China’s plans for Taiwan.

Since China’s EHang debuted an autonomous single-seat multicopter at CES in Las Vegas in 2016, the annual consumer tech megashow has become a favored venue.

A surprising new U.S. ban on UAS and components from outside the U.S. is likely to lead to disruption before any benefits.

The number of orbital launch attempts worldwide last year surpassed the record 2024 flight rate by 25%.

China’s National Development and Reform Commission has formally approved a second airport for Guangzhou, with construction set to begin as early as this month.

Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer FAW Group completed the first tethered hover flight of the Hongqi Tiannian-1 eVTOL prototype on Dec. 28.

ReElement Technologies has secured a $200 million investment from Transition Equity Partners to ramp up critical minerals production in Marion, Indiana.

Quantum sensors and navigation could be deployed soon while other technologies are years from reality.

The Pentagon will provide $18.5 million in funding to Lattice Materials, a manufacturer of advanced defense optics systems.

China’s Juneyao Air and Spring Airlines have separately signed purchase agreements with Airbus to acquire a combined 55 A320neo-family aircraft.

A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to ban Chinese-made drones for communications has instilled uncertainty among public-sector users.

The first iteration of the Pentagon's annual China report published during President Donald Trump’s second term illustrates a tonal shift on the prospects of an amphibious assault of Taiwan.