Both China and the United States, rivals in the contest for naval dominance in the Pacific, have recently deployed naval hospital ships. China's navy is larger than its U.S. counterpart by hull count.

China has deployed a naval ship to the South Pacific and Latin America—a region regarded as the doorstep of the United States—for medical and cultural missions. China's naval mission, code-named ...

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation ...

If past is prologue, the Pentagon will soon release its annual report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China. Commonly known as the China military power report, ...