Beijing wants the focus on trade and tariff disputes to avoid accountability for the gray zone war it is waging on the U.S.

Gray zone warfare refers to activities that fall between conventional warfare and peace, often involving subversive tactics that can destabilize adversaries without triggering open conflict. China’s ...

The Taiwan Strait has become a focal point for China’s “gray zone” tactics, which includes deliberate interference with subsea cables. Early this year, the Xingshun-39, a Tanzania-flagged ship ...

From fake news and online troll farms to terrorist financing and paramilitary provocations, these approaches often lie in the contested arena somewhere between routine statecraft and open warfare—the ...

The Philippines' new navy chief, Ambrosio Ezpeleta, has recently suggested that the military could adopt a "gray zone" strategy in the South China Sea to counter Beijing in the disputed waterway ...

Taiwan could meet China’s “gray zone” tactics halfway, making it harder for the PLA to conduct drills, and disturbing its balloon and drone activity. For example, the nation could fly drones into ...

“As of now we cannot ascertain its real intentions, but based on what we see so far, we won’t rule out the possibility of China destroying the cable through ‘gray zone operations,’” the ...