Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Leon Li, Truly Tinsley
China is rapidly modernizing and building up its military and paramilitary forces, providing Beijing with greater capacity to challenge and intimidate its neighbors. This report leverages open-source data to analyze observable trends in People’s Liberation Army (PLA) activities in 2025 with a focus on key developments in the Indo-Pacific region.
In 2025, four key trends emerged in the PLA’s activities around Taiwan. First, there was more activity across the board in the air and maritime domains. Second, the PLA maintained a higher baseline of activity than before. Third, there was a slight year-over-year decrease in PLA activity in the latter part of the year from May to December 2025. Finally, the PLA continued the precedents set in recent years by conducting two large, named military exercises around Taiwan.
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