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Alastair Gale

ARTICLES BY ALASTAIR GALE

The Taiwanese military has long favored heavy weapons such as tanks and jet fighters in preparation for a longer conflict against Beijing. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai) (AP)

Taiwan’s Tough Call on How to Stop China: Bigger Weapons or Lots of Cheap Ones

5 min read . 18 Mar 2024

An F/A-18 jet fighter taking off from the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier during a maritime exercise between the U.S. and Japan in the Philippine Sea last month. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Aboard a US aircraft carrier, a front-row seat to China tensions

5 min read . 19 Feb 2024

A bell tower of the Saint Sophia Cathedral is seen through the destroyed Russian artillery cannon in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

As Ukraine plows through artillery shells, one plan to send more fizzles

4 min read . 30 Jan 2024

A Chinese nuclear-powered submarine took part in a 2019 naval parade off the eastern port city of Qingdao. PHOTO: JASON LEE/REUTERS

Era of Total U.S. Submarine Dominance Over China Is Ending

8 min read . 20 Nov 2023

File photo of a Chinese Navy formation, including the aircraft carrier Liaoning (centre), during military drills in the South China Sea. (AFP)

U.S. Worries About Escalation in Pacific as Chinese Military Steps Up Confrontation

3 min read . 26 Oct 2023

Chinese Warships Gather in Sign of Major Naval Exercises

Chinese Warships Gather in Sign of Major Naval Exercises

3 min read . 12 Sept 2023

Japan has confirmed foreign balloon sightings in each of the past three years (REUTERS)

US’s Asia allies see new threat from balloons amid China spying row

4 min read . 14 Feb 2023

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (REUTERS)

Kim Jong Un creates an opportunity out of North Korea’s covid crisis

4 min read . 19 May 2022

Taiwanese soldiers train at a target shooting practice in Hsinchu, Taiwan (Photo: Reuters)

Ukraine war stokes concerns in Taiwan over its fragile internet links

4 min read . 23 Apr 2022

The US Seventh Fleet

China, eying Taiwan, gets lesson from Ukraine’s stiff resistance

5 min read . 02 Mar 2022

A file photo of a Chinese military vehicles carrying hypersonic missiles DF-17 drive past Tiananmen Square during the military parade (Photo: Reuters)

China is expanding its effort to launch weapons from hypersonic missiles

3 min read . 22 Nov 2021

China has rapidly built up its military in recent years, including over $200 billion in spending planned for this year, A representational image (Photo: AFP)

US-Australia submarine pact targets China’s undersea weakness

4 min read . 18 Sept 2021

Successive US administrations have pledged to put more diplomatic and military resources in the Asia-Pacific region to tackle the rise of China without significant changes in deployments (Photo: Getty)

US tightens focus on China after Afghanistan withdrawal

4 min read . 20 Aug 2021

Fireworks illuminate the Olympics Stadium during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, in Tokyo on Sunday. (ANI Photo)

Closing ceremony ends dour Tokyo Olympics after battle with covid-19

6 min read . 08 Aug 2021

Kentaro Kobayashi. (File photo AP)

Tokyo Olympics official fired over Holocaust joke made in 1990s

3 min read . 22 Jul 2021

The 2021 Olympics are turning into a $20 billion bust for Japan

8 min read . 20 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: REUTERS

First covid-19 infections among athletes in Olympic Village are confirmed

1 min read . 18 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: REUTERS

Tokyo Olympics sponsors spent big bucks but their plans are falling flat

4 min read . 13 Jul 2021

Tokyo Olympics to allow spectators at summer games

3 min read . 21 Jun 2021

Japanese business leaders add to chorus against holding Olympics

3 min read . 24 May 2021