Navy to expand its maritime role and rights, while pointing out that plans for modernisation will still take some time to come to fruition, concluding that, although the South China Sea appears high in China's priorities, it seems unlikely that historical claims to power and military adventurism...
SANYA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping reviewed the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the South China Sea Thursday morning, saying that the need to build a strong navy "has never been more urgent than today." The navy review is the largest of its kind in the P...
Missile destroyer Guangzhou launches an air-defense missile during a military exercise in the water area near south China's Hainan Island and Xisha islands, July 8, 2016. Chinese navy conducted an annual combat drill in the water area near south China's
President Xi Jinping has reviewed the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea, highlighting that the need to build a strong navy "has never been more urgent than today."The navy review was the largest of its kind in the People's ...
SANYA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese navy on Tuesday conducted a live firing drill in the South China Sea to improve its maritime combat ability. The exercise involves more than 100 naval vessels,dozens of aircrafts, several missile launch battalions of the Second Artillery Corps, as well ...
13 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia started a joint naval drill off Guangdong Province in the South China Sea on Tuesday. The "Joint Sea 2016" drill will run until Sept. 19, featuring navy surface ships, submarines, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, marines and amphibious armored equipment. ...
China's navy and air force frequently carry out drills in the South China Sea, where the government has been building man-made islands and constructing airstrips and other facilities, unnerving the region. China claims most of the South China Sea, a key trade route and home to areas that ...
Chinese navy's helicopter sends a rescuer to the drowning crew of a merchant ship during a China-Russia naval joint drill at sea off south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 16, 2016. Chinese and Russian fleets conducted joint operation exercise off Guangdong Province in the South China Sea ...
Officers and soldiers of Chinese Navy hold a welcome ceremony as a Russian fleet arrive at a port in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 12, 2016. A Russian fleet arrived in Zhanjiang on Monday, with Chinese naval forces gathering for a joint drill. The "Joint Sea 2016" ...