Alibaba provides tech support for Chinese military “operations” against targets in the US, according to intelligence cited in a White House national security memo raising concerns about the technology giant.

The Type 076 vessel is the world's first amphibious warship equipped with an electromagnetic catapult for launching aircraft.

Washington has accused online marketplace company Alibaba of providing technological support for Chinese military operations against targets in the United States, the Financial Times said on Friday, citing a White House memo.

Both countries have summoned each other’s ambassadors after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a military response from Tokyo.

The Chinese leader has ruthlessly taken an axe to his top military officials, as he seeks to stamp out any dissent among the ranks.

The Japanese public is divided on whether Japan should exercise its right to collective self-defence if China attacks Taiwan, a Kyodo news agency poll found on Sunday.

The Chinese military recently conducted its first "bomber formation patrol" over the South China Sea, signaling a warning to the Philippines after joint naval exercises with the US and Japan., Asia,

War Secretary Pete Hegseth says he had a "positive" meeting with China’s defense chief Dong Jun as both sides agreed to open military channels to ease tensions.

Chinese Communist Party-linked networking and smart home products are quietly being sold at Army, Air Force, and Navy exchanges, sparking national security concerns among lawmakers.

The arrival of the Chinese naval ship on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast coincides with an increasing presence of the U.S. military in the Caribbean, including the deployment of an aircraft carrier group, aimed at pressuring Venezuela over narcotics trafficking.